It’s commonly called “envy”, but what I have in mind is benign, it’s not true envy. It’s that feeling you get when someone you know has achieved something you’d really, really like for yourself, or has gotten to do something you’d really, really like to do yourself. It’s only like envy in that it desires the good that another enjoys; unlike envy, though, it still rejoices that at least the other person gets to enjoy that good.
Well, whatever this emotion is, Apologia groupies — and Friends of Fructus Ventris — are experiencing it this morning.
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I’m jealous!
minvy?
(mini envy)
You know, Peony, I do hope to meet you some day. The deal is, though, you have to cook for me, because I can tell you’re a good one.