I don't happen to have the jealous gene.
If you have to worry about outsiders ruining your relationship...well, maybe it wasn't such a good one to begin with.
Thank goodness for the philosophical attitude that comes with age. I've seen some crazy high school dramas, involving threats, recriminations and even a visit from the police, .
One of my kids still allows herself to fall prey to the nonsense. The other avoids it like a contagion.
I've watched it wreak havoc in adult relationships and cause unnecessary suffering - provoking wrath and pain that just adds to the toxicity of something that should be healthy and life-giving.
Sometimes jealousy becomes a game - something to juice up a relationship, make it a little more exciting.
Jealousy - it's a bitch.
But perhaps to characterize it as female is unfair - it's a bipartisan little devil.
High school is over, kids.
Time to grow up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liKhLNY5GYI
