I ain’t good enough for you, am I? I’m a hired hand. I got dirt on my hands. Pig slop. I ain’t fit to touch you, am I – you’re better. Oh, you’re so much better, Miss Laurey Williams! Well we’ll see how much better you are, and then you won’t be so free and easy and hifalutin’ with your airs! You such a FINE lady! — Oklahoma!

I’ve been guilty of jealousy, but I don’t understand it.  I also don’t understand people who think that their wife or husband is their property.  Jealousy and possessiveness mean, to me, that the person has issues trusting the other.  If you can’t trust someone to be a healthy part of your life, then why are they a part of your life in the first place?

The same goes for those who can’t take “No” for an answer.  I don’t mean the young Romeo who minds his manners, but won’t stop trying to convince a young lady of his love.  I’m talking about the guy who takes a negative response as an insult, and acts on this to make life uncomfortable, or worse, for the woman.  If someone doesn’t want you, what do you think the value of the relationship will be when it is coerced?