Have you ever wondered how to annoy a jealous person without seeming immature?
Throughout your life, you are bound to face several people who will be jealous of you, your success, and whatnot.
These jealous peeps will try to get in your way for no apparent reason and tell you that you are not deserving, capable, and worthy enough of having what you have.
It is very easy for them to get under your skin and annoy you into oblivion. But how about if you could annoy the jealous person back and make him lose his power?
Sounds good? Then stick with us as by the end of this article, you will be equipped with everything to annoy the jealous person and put him in his place without creating drama.
Let’s go!
Why Are People Jealous of You?
Decoding why people are jealous is actually quite easy.
Imagine you see someone living the life of your dream and possessing what you dearly want. What will be your reaction?
There are two major possible answers:
- You will be inspired by them and get ready to take action to make it happen in your life too.
- You will feel inferior. You secretly know that you don’t have what it takes to make it happen and hence wish for the thing to be snatched from that person. When I can’t have it, no one should have it!
The latter is what makes a person jealous. A jealous person is actually someone who has underlying insecurities and wants no one to have more than him as it reminds him as he is not possessing those things due to being a slacker.
It’s like yearning to have the tallest building in town but not trying enough to make it happen. Why not just demolish all the buildings taller than you to automatically reach your goal?
How To Annoy a Jealous Person – 5 Subtle Hacks
Below we have listed some strategies that will annoy a jealous person in no time but be warned! Annoying someone especially the one who has jealous tendencies can sometimes backfire big time.
Such people may try their best to damage your reputation and set you up for failure behind your back. Although, there could be signs that someone is planning to harm you but it’s quite dificult to catch it in a jealous person as it’s a very covert characteristic. So, you got to be careful.
With all the precautions in view, let’s move forward.
1. Do Some Micro-Commendable Activities
The very first on the list is doing something small but commendable. This trick is quite subtle but can really annoy a jealous person.
All you need to do is do very small but commendable tasks for others when the jealous party is watching you.
For example, you could hold a door for someone or help them with some chores.
It will quickly make the jealous one annoyed, let’s see why.
Jealous people can’t stand you getting praise or any sort of validation from others because in their minds you don’t deserve to be privileged due to their biased and inferior perspective but when someone validates you, it contradicts their idea and they get startled.
This sudden rise of energy will prompt them to undermine you but they can’t just do it blindly, especially when others are around.
So they are going to be bottled up with frustration and get very annoyed if you keep pulling this off one after the other.
2. Don’t React to Their Insults to Stir Them Up
Very good that we should not care about naysayers, but how will this help me annoy a jealous person?
It’s easy. Think about it this way.
What is the motive behind a jealous person insulting you?
The person is jealous of you in the first place because you possess something that he doesn’t have. Instead of levelling himself up and working hard to get that thing, he finds it easier to vent out his frustration by calling you names.
He may throw insulting remarks at you or give you backhand compliments, but the idea is the same, to inflict damage on you or maybe even make you doubt your capabilities.
It’s like the jealous person attempts to provoke you and waits for you to be affected by it to feel satisfied. But if you stop taking the insults seriously and don’t take them into account, you will drive the jealous person crazy.
Imagine that person lashing at you out of frustration hoping to morally hurt you, but you just don’t react to him and make him feel as if his words are of no value to you.
The jealous party will soon feel demotivated and may abandon the campaign of messing with you altogether.
3. Focus On Your Work to Restrict Their Manoeuvres
First of all, you should realize that the jealous person is neither your friend nor your well-wisher and in no way does he wants to see you succeed.
That’s why he is always behaving oddly around you, sometimes making a fuss out of nothing or other times hitting you with some snide remark.
One of the hidden motives behind his not-so-kind remarks is to instil doubts in you and keep you tangled in matters of no significant worth.
He wants to keep you off hitting your targets.
Now to annoy a jealous person, you can simply just throw his effort out of the window by doing exactly what he doesn’t want you to do, that is the focus.
Focus solely on your work and further improve the areas where you seem to be lacking.
When the jealous party will see their plan failing to shreds, they can’t help but feel very annoyed by it.
Be aware! They may become so annoyed that they could try to spoil your reputation among your peer.
4. Shine In a Group Setting
Have you ever encountered a jealous person in a group setting? You would know that they won’t stand you getting along with others and will be very determined to throw dirt at you.
What is actually happening, the jealous person has a twisted view of you as someone who is wrongfully in possession of something else that you don’t deserve.
And when other people give you any validation or praise, it contradicts the image the jealous person has in mind for you.
Their instinct will instantly fire up and they will be very determined to fix this injustice.
Now what you can do to annoy a jealous person in a group setting is to get along with others and be on good terms with them.
In no way, is the jealous person going to stand this. They will sort of see it as an act of betrayal and will be very eager to put you back in their perceived place.
But due to peer pressure and social norms, they will not be able to openly do it and will be very annoyed trying to repress their frustration and anger.
5. Exclude Them from Consideration While Entertaining Others
This trick will not only enable you to annoy a jealous person to his core but will also save you from inviting trouble into your life.
A jealous person is always looking for ways to vent out their frustration at you and a social gathering is the perfect place for him since he can hit you with passive-aggressive remarks and you can’t do much of it out of fear of creating a drama in public.
However, if you do just this small trick, it will set the jealous person on fire.
When you are in a group setting and you have to seek suggestions or ask questions of some sort, reach out to everyone and hear their words attentively but leave me out the jealous one.
It will create contrasting dynamics where the people you will be seeking suggestions from will be tempted to hold you in good books due to your active listening and good gesture while the jealous one will be furious due to being ignored.
And when the jealous one will try to backbite you with group members, they are very likely to hush him off and endorse you which will further annoy him.
Conclusion
You have finally made it to the end of the article.
You are now equipped with tools to subtly annoy a jealous person without being childish.
As we said earlier, a jealous person or even a jealous friend can prove to be really dangerous for you as they will be laying traps for you where you might never see it coming. They can spoil your reputation and turn people against you behind your back by spreading rumours about you.
What makes it even worse is that you will never get a chance to prove your innocence as you won’t even know about it. It will ultimately cut you off from your allies and make you isolated. Limiting your chances big time.
Therefore, if you notice that someone is jealous of you, just keep away from such people and be cautious of them! They are never worth your time.
Which one of the tips you found to be the most effective? Let us know in the comments below!
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