I don't want him, but I don't want anyone else to have him either...
I'm sure we've all been there - you like someone but they don't like you back. Then if you see them with someone else you might get a bit angry, upset...basically just downright jealous.
But what if you don't have feelings for someone and truly just value them as a friend, but for some reason you still get those feelings when there's the possibility that they're with someone else?
I was just doing my neighborly duty and putting out the rubbish bins for my apartment complex, when my neighbour's dog came running up behind me for a pat. I bent down and gave him a pat and then realised that it wasn't my neighbour who'd just come home with the dog, but some other woman I'd never seen before. Now, my neighbour & I get along really well and always stop for a chat when we see each other etc. It was only just yesterday that we ran into each other when he was coming home from a run with his dog & we had a good chat for maybe 10mins. He's never mentioned a girlfriend before, now I'm racking my brain to remember if he's mentioned a sister. But she clearly had a key & just walked into his apartment, dropped off his dog & left again.
I should point out that I've never been romantically interested in my neighbour. He's a good guy, got a decent job etc but I'm just not that attracted to him. Which is why I was so surprised when, when I saw this random girl, my stomach flipped. Am I jealous? Was i suddenly feeling protective for my neighbour because I don't want him to get hurt? Or is there something inside us that just naturally makes us feel threatened & on alert if we think someone's entering our territory (even though my neighbour's hardly 'mine'!).
Who knows...maybe I'm just a nosey neighbour who might casually just mention the next time I see him that I ran into his girlfriend and see what he says
But what if you don't have feelings for someone and truly just value them as a friend, but for some reason you still get those feelings when there's the possibility that they're with someone else?
I was just doing my neighborly duty and putting out the rubbish bins for my apartment complex, when my neighbour's dog came running up behind me for a pat. I bent down and gave him a pat and then realised that it wasn't my neighbour who'd just come home with the dog, but some other woman I'd never seen before. Now, my neighbour & I get along really well and always stop for a chat when we see each other etc. It was only just yesterday that we ran into each other when he was coming home from a run with his dog & we had a good chat for maybe 10mins. He's never mentioned a girlfriend before, now I'm racking my brain to remember if he's mentioned a sister. But she clearly had a key & just walked into his apartment, dropped off his dog & left again.
I should point out that I've never been romantically interested in my neighbour. He's a good guy, got a decent job etc but I'm just not that attracted to him. Which is why I was so surprised when, when I saw this random girl, my stomach flipped. Am I jealous? Was i suddenly feeling protective for my neighbour because I don't want him to get hurt? Or is there something inside us that just naturally makes us feel threatened & on alert if we think someone's entering our territory (even though my neighbour's hardly 'mine'!).
Who knows...maybe I'm just a nosey neighbour who might casually just mention the next time I see him that I ran into his girlfriend and see what he says
