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You’re Jealous of People Who Are Better Looking Than You

Jonathan Morris Schwartz
3 min readJan 26, 2024

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“I’m begging of you, please don’t take my man.” Dolly Parton — Jolene

Photo by Josh Parsons on Unsplash

When you walk into a room and half the people undress you with their eyes….those of us who rely on our sense of humor and personalities, are filled with jealous rage.

If your mere presence makes people tremble with excitement, do us a favor and keep a healthy distance from our boyfriends, girlfriends, or spouses.

While it’s true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, some are blessed with the kind of physical attraction that is universally accepted as mesmerizing and irresistible.

We all remember that boy or girl in high school who could attract anyone they wanted because their hair, body, skin, and swagger were perfectly shaped and configured.

That person every girl and boy lined up for, not based on their wit or charm or ability to make them laugh…or anything at all, other than their physical superiority.

It sucks.

If I had a dollar for every person who swore good looks wasn’t important, I’d have enough money to pay a surgeon to sculpt me into a Harlequin cover model.

There is nothing worse than that awful, creeping realization that the love of your life is slowly, tortuously, methodically being…

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Jonathan Morris Schwartz
Jonathan Morris Schwartz

Written by Jonathan Morris Schwartz

Jonathan Morris Schwartz is a speech-language pathologist writing about human relationships, love, politics, philosophy, and consciousness.

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