I am honestly baffled that "hey, check your emotions and try and make sure that they aren't controlling you" is getting blowback.
Sorry, didn't mean for my comment to be interpreted that way. I said I may be misinterpreting, and now I've read your further comments, I believe I was. Thanks for explaining.
Do people really think that becoming incredibly noticeably angry because your boyfriend is laughing at something an attractive female coworker said to him, at work, isn't a problem that needs to be worked on?
Of course people don't think that.
Seriously, I think that we are substantially in agreement. Sorry if I have been unclear on that point. Our only difference, really, is that I am confident that Marigold's jealousy issue (more fundamentally her self esteem issue)
will be addressed in due course.
When she is made aware of how what she is doing is affecting others, she tends to do the right thing, she just doesn't tend to think from other people's perspective at all. And no one seems to be helping her see how what she is doing is affecting others.
I'm talking out of my backside, so I could be wrong, but my feeling is that this is something that can occur with insecure and introverted people. I have a tendency to be that way myself - it's something I've had to work on. Maybe that's why I empathise with Marigold.
This is where communication comes into play. Sorry to come back to it. Just remember communication isn't just expressing yourself properly. It's also
listening. This, and leaving the conversation until calm (which she's already doing), is the best way for her to manage her emotions IMO.
Interesting. Someone awhile ago was asking why Jeph doesn't
show why he likes Marigold so much. Instead all we see are these flaws. Doesn't make sense, right? Well, if it wasn't obvious before, maybe it is now that he's given her an exaggerated overbite and comment that he's "made her cuter".
She is his favourite
because of her flaws.