I think a little jealousy in a relationship is natural. It shows that you or your partner doesn't want to lose each other. Too much of it is a bad thing because it leads to further problems like abuse and paranoia.

In a relationship jealousy is considered the "green-eyed monster" and sometimes many experience this.It can be both, positive or negative depending on how the person who is having this feeling handles it.

I think it is normal to be jealous because it means that you are threatened and you don't want to lose someone you love. It would then be negative in a relationship if you will become possessive because of your jealousy. And lose trust on your boyfriend for example, when it is clear that he is not doing anything. You constantly check his phone, call him every now and then just to check up on him, look at his personal emails, things, etc. Anything that invades his privacy. I think that is negative in a relationship. And it can ruin it.

It can be positive, for example, if I am jealous, I would try to reflect and do a self-evaluation why I feel this way. I have to know what cause this feeling. If i found out that the jealousy stems from my insecurities because I don't feel and look attractive because I am gaining weight, then I will start to do something to lose weight. I will make myself look more attractive to gain more confidence and self-esteem.

Sometimes, we are not aware that we are jealous because we are insecure and has no trust in your boyfriend. Insecurities can be avoided if you will try to work on improving yourself wholly as a person and to improve your self-esteem. And trust can be build if you openly communicate with your boyfriend.

If you achieve this, you will be surprised, even if you can see that someone is openly flirting with your boyfriend, you won't feel as jealous as you think you would be because you trust your boyfriend and you have confidence in yourself that you look good and that your boyfriend loves you very much.

In my opinion all people are jealous to one degree or another. Some of us are able to handle it more covertly than others. Most of us reign it in sufficiently so as not to have it interfere with the level of trust required in a successful relationship. Others, sadly allow it to dominate them, and in the process cause relationships to wilt away.

So in answer to your question, no, under normal parameters it is not bad; but. allowed to enter the extremes, yes, it can be devastating.

Yeah. It shows that he/she is ever ready to fight for what they have.

The jealousy i don't really see as a good thing in a relationship but,..therefor ,sometimes it is very hard to handle it.
The solution is to trust the partner and never judge or think negatively.
Thinking and guessing doesn't help but kills feelings..it's making anyone of them tired and creates unbalanced in their lives.
Hope that nobody will ever have to deal with it,it's quite a challenge .
The truth is always going to triumph ..
The time is the answer if something's wrong

There's no room for jealousy in a healthy relationship, but to be honest, I'd be a bit disappointed if my husband weren't at least a bit jealous! Bless his pea-picking heart, he's never given me any reason at all to be jealous of another woman. (I can't get him out of the house to meet one, anyway!)

Before I married him, I did have a boyfriend with a jealous streak and I left him after he slapped me around for talking to his best friend. We were in a public place and I guess he thought he had to have my undivided attention. Excessive jealous will lead to physical and/or emotional abuse. Get out of those relationships.

To me, jealousy is a wasted emotion. The truth is that if someone is going to cheat, you will not be able to stop it. So I trust until i am confronted with a problem. I spend my energies enhancing my relationship.

The other side of this coin is this. If someone is constantly accusing you of affairs and such, usually (to me) shows guilt.

The truth will always surface just like oil and water.