Would you end a long term friendship if you discovered this friend envied everything about you?

Extreme envy is a poison. Sometimes people parasitically cling to someone else in order to draw everything they want from that person, and they do not give in return. It is not at all a mutually beneficial situation.

If distance is required I would find a way to minimize the interaction so that soon there is no interaction. On the other hand, a true parasite, perceiving a win turned into a loss by not being able to leech any more, will move in search of fresher, unsuspecting prey.

You need to. Because you know damn well they're gonna be there when you succeed being all "I knew you could do it!

Not unless they clearly began to use it against me. I suppose before that it would depend on how important this friendship were, and how well they were treating me. Envy can be complimentary.

If they were treating me well, and the envy were taking the form of admiration, I would find a way to emphasize whatever it was I admired about them in return. I would remark on their accomplishments often, and reciprocate the attention. This way, I would hope to save the friendship, rather than assuming the admiration were antagonistic.

I probably would have to eventually because the jealousy & negativity would eventually rear itself to cause a blow up, and I would have to sever that negativity from my life. I would always feel the loss, but also know I did the right and only thing I could.

You need to step away. People who envy may slip and do or say wrong or bad things to you or about you... worst, their negative energy may damage things you try to do and yourself. I had a person like that in my life, I considered a sister...anytime I wanted to do something she was their but criticism was strong and negativity high... I ended up hiding from her because she has a black tongue...if Obama had told her he wanted to run for president, I can assure you he wouldn't be president today.

She has very negative energy. Surround yourself we people who are positive and supportive, please. Love to you and all.

I think that good friends are very rare and if you have one, then count your lucky stars. I wrote about good/bad friends in a poem today whoisbid.hubpages.com/hub/Am-I-your-friend.

He/She is not a real friend, I suppose. That is my take on it.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.