Have you become more jealous as you’ve gotten older & have kids?

[Anonymous]

No the opposite. But my husband is obsessed with money and gets jealous of anyone with more.

A few years ago he attended a children’s birthday party of a family with less money. He came home to our fancy house bragging about how fortunate we are. All I wanted at the time was a nice husband who didn’t abuse me. Fortunate? Seemed like the opposite to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly I am jealous of certain women who married into lovely families.
I know multiple women with inlaws who adore them, sisters in law who are their best friends, same age cousins being raised alongside their kids, lake house properties where they all vacation together.
My inlaws have no money and are ice cold. My SiL is child free and doesn't want to see us or our kids as she has a tight friend group. Every holiday we are alone with our nuclear family (my family is scattered.) I've tried making family friends but they inevitably end up just being MY friends as my husband is not interested in socializing either.
So I'm jealous of women who made good marriage choices basically. I pray that I can get over this.

This. This is me. And people suggest traveling during holidays, but I yearn for a somewhat normal family for my children to spend time with. I wish my in-laws cared enough to indulge in some grandmotherly traditions and I wish my kids had cousins to socialize with. I’ve never found a way to make it sting less.

[Anonymous]

Not at all. I had two early miscarriages before having three healthy pregnancies. No fertility treatments. I was done by 34 and all three kids are healthy, sweet, and developmentally normal. I feel like I hit the jackpot.