"Jealousy is all the fun you think they had."

We all get jealous from time to time. Though most of the time, we just refuse to accept that we are. "Jealous? Who? Me??" Yeah, shut up and stop lying to yourself. It could be anything from your best friend not spending enough time with you, to watching your crush lock lips with someone else. Caused by insecurity and paranoia, and built up in our heads a lot of the times. Whatever it is, Jealousy ain't a healthy feeling to harbour.

One of the most common things for girls to be jealous over, is their appearance. It's become such a common reason to hate somebody else. Simply because you think that they have more than you, or look better than you. Please. Everyone has their own insecurities. Being confident and happy with yourself? Now that's a quality to envy.

Okay, so it's one thing to know when you're jealous. But it's another to know when your jealousy is a sign that you have developed feelings or an attachment to someone. Possibly in a "more than friends" way. So here are some ways to find out if someone is jealous over you, and if you happen to notice these examples occurring to you... You might just be jealous over someone yourself.

UNO
Much Ado About Nothing.
So you realize that he/she gets angry easily. Too easily. And most of the time, it's over something really small, or even over nothing at all. If they themselves can't or won't explain why they're angry, and you're left wondering what you did to piss them off all the time, it's a sure sign that he/she is just harboring feelings of jealousy.


DOS
Who Now?
When you can't even talk about somebody else, without them trying to counter everything you say. Or maybe, whenever you're talking excitedly about someone and you can tell that they're obviously uncomfortable or upset. Usually this is because we're insecure, and don't like being compared to someone else. The fear of being inferior.

TRES
She's Mine.
He or she is possessive over you. Always wanting to know who you're with, and who you're texting. Asking too many of these questions are definitely a sign that they're jealous. Or sometimes, she/he may show this possessiveness by telling you who you should and shouldn't be talking to. And more so when they blatantly try to talk you out of dating someone else. (Without valid reason, of course. If the guy's a psycho, then please don't take this as a sign of jealousy.)

CUATRO
Cheese!
If you recently changed your display picture to you and someone else. And he/she's annoyed or upset. Or keeps bugging you about it. Or maybe even when a picture of you and someone of the opposite sex is your phone wallpaper or in your wallet window. This is probably because they fear that someone is of higher importance than they are in your life. Sure sign of jealousy!


CINCO
I Know She Is.
This is when his/her friends happen to see you two together, and makes a comment like, "Who is she? She's real cute." Or "Is he your friend? He's so hot." etcetc. And these comments make them angry or uncomfortable. And if you show interest in that friend as well, he/she starts telling you all the bad things about them. Probably cause they're worried that that friend would want to make a move on you. But this isn't too bad. You should be flattered. ;)

SEIS
What's Her Name.
When he starts insulting your friends (of the opposite sex) for no reason. Even if they're really nice and never did anything wrong to him. Something super super common for Singaporean guys is, when you bring up some other guy, the only things they can say is:
1. He's a dog.
2. He's a fag.
3. He's a joke.
(True story.)
Or when she starts ranting about your ex out of nowhere, and starts calling your female friends names.

SIETE

Stares.

Like a damn hawk. When you two are in different parts of the room, and he's looking at you and how you interact with other guys. Same for girls. When she is constantly glancing over to see who you're talking to and how you're talking to them, if you're flirting. Usually a fear that you might be more interested in someone else.

OCHO

I Don't Care.

It's a trap. When it's freaking obvious that she's bothered by the fact you're talking to your ex. But says that she "doesn't care". An over-eagerness to conceal his true feelings which leads to making him appear cold, or hostile. A lot of people tend to panic when in situations like these, where they don't want you to know that they're actually concerned for you. So those three words just pop into mind, and before they can stop it, they end up saying, "I don't care." Or "Whatever."

There you go. So if you suspect that someone may have feelings for you, look out for these signs of jealousy. And if you already confirmed that he/she is indeed always jealous, you could always just give them the 

talk and hope that they'll realize themselves that they could be in love with you ;)

But if you are the one who happens to be on the other side of this conversation, then maybe it really is time to fess up. At least to yourself. After all, jealousy makes people do ugly things. There's really no running from it.

"It is not Love that is blind. It is Jealousy."

*Random thought: it's so annoying how Blogger keeps autocorrecting my spelling to American spelling. Yes, I spell 'colour' with a 'U' in it. Get over it already.