We've all felt a little jealousy towards someone, whether it's being envious of their confidence, charm, or the way they look. But one woman in her late 30s was really left feeling the green-eyed monster towards her colleague – not only because she has a great social life and is "really pretty " – but she also stole the man she was seeing from under her nose. "I'm mentoring a girl in her twenties at work, and I can't stop ruminating about how jealous I am of her.
She's at the age where she's out every weekend, amazing social life. She's really pretty, dresses well and is SMART. She's good at her job and has so much potential.
She's friendly to everyone, and I do really like her", she wrote on Mumsnet . The woman said that her life is "no longer like this", so she does feel bitter about it as she "misses it so much". But to make matters worse, she said: "In addition, she’s started seeing a guy at work.
.. who had previously expressed interest [in me].
"It seemed pretty innocent at first and he was friendly and a bit flirty with me and then sent me some extremely sexual messages about the fantasies he'd had about us. I got cold feet because it felt inappropriate (it’s a colleague and I’m older) and the chat went dry. But now she’s seeing him, I can’t get him out of my head.
"Classic want what you can’t have I guess. She doesn’t know about any of the flirtations between us before as far as I’m aware." The woman admitted she was now struggling to "keep up" the .
