Jealous Guys In Your Town? 8 Ways To Tell Your Boyfriend Is Envious Of Your Success

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5.  He always has to steal or share your spotlight.

This may be completely biased and if you’re not into astrology it may go completely over your head, but I happen to believe that water signs like Cancer and Pisces are the most narcissistic signs ever.  See whenever I’ve tried to share any kind of good news with either of those signs it somehow always turned around to being about them. For example, when I reminisced with a male Cancer friend about my crazy college schedule making me a better multi-tasker, he had to point out that part of the reason it was possible was because of the all of the rides he gave me.  When I started working, I would get nervous to tell him about any promotion I received since I knew I would instantly have to hear about progress in his own career, no matter how minute it was.  It was almost as if he was keeping score.  And don’t let me share my excitement about my work being featured in a new publication with a Pisces family member; it was always met with a twenty-minute rundown of all of his past artistic accomplishments.

If there’s one thing I’m really big on, it’s allowing people to have their moment.  It’s not fair to force your experiences into a moment that should really be just about them.  Unfortunately when some men feel that someone else’s success is a blow to their confidence by comparison, they immediately have to fill that void by reminding you that at one point they were great too.  If it’s hard for him to say, “I’m happy to hear that, babe. Good job,” and leave it at that, he’s reeking of insecurity.

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