A little bit of jealousy can show that someone cares about you and would want to have part of your achievements for themselves. However, it can quickly turn into something nasty that can ruin friendships and make your life miserable. So in today’s blog, we’re showing you five signs that show that your friend might be secretly jealous of you!
Top 5 Signs Your Friend is Jealous
Do you think one of your friends might be jealous of you, but you’re not sure? Then these are some of the signs jealous friends show if they’re secretly jealous of you.
Disengagement
When jealous friends see you doing well in life, or at least better than themselves, they might start to disengage from you. This could be by not spending as much time with you, not inviting you to events, or even making excuses to avoid hanging out with you. If you start to notice this, it might be a sign of jealousy!
Jealous people talk behind your back
One of the hardest ways to discover if someone is jealous of you is when they start spreading rumors about you behind your back. It is often difficult to figure out who spread the rumors, and you usually wouldn’t suspect any of your close friends. This is especially the case when these people still act all friendly in front of you.
Diminishing aspects of achievements
If you’re proud and share one of your achievements that you had to work hard for, your real friends will celebrate with you. This is not the case for jealous friends. They will try to make your achievements sound small or even not important at all. Just make sure you always celebrate your achievements in a personal way, too.
Jealous People will intentionally give bad advice
While friends normally want the best for you, these jealous friends don’t have the best things in mind for you. If you think your friend is overly jealous, but they’re still giving you tips and advice, then maybe take these with a pinch of salt. Jealous people could intentionally give bad advice to see you fail.
Some might start copying you without giving credit
Sometimes, jealous people might even try to achieve the same things as you, but won’t mention or acknowledge that you were the first person in the friend group to achieve these things. They might adapt a similar lifestyle or even use the same style of clothes and haircuts.
How to addres Jealousy in friendships
Do you want to address whatever is happening in this friendship? Then you have to figure out if you wish to save the relationship. If you do, you should handle it with a soft confrontation and use a lot of “i” statements and talk about how things feel for you.
If you don’t, then you can slowly faze out of the relationship, stop sharing things with them, or even send them a polite text telling them how you feel and why you’re moving forward without them.
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