{"id":4761,"date":"2014-04-01T05:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T12:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2014-03-31T20:50:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T03:50:20","slug":"jealous-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=4761","title":{"rendered":"Jealous Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t mean to hurt you
\nI’m just a jealous guy
\n–J.Lennon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Lennon was probably pretty hard to be in love with of you go by song lyrics. He wrote several songs about being kind of an overly possessive creep. Ever hear “the End?” That’s the one in which he says he’s rather see her dead than with another man. <\/p>\n

John was not the nice Beatle. <\/p>\n

The implication in this one is that he’s sorry he keeps hurting her, but he can’t help it. It’s his character. <\/p>\n

What do you do if who you are hurts the person you love?<\/p>\n

Is it like the folk tale of the scorpion begging for a ride across the river? The scorpion stings the zebra on the way across, so they both die. It was inevitable. That’s what scorpions do!<\/p>\n

How much you hurt someone doesn’t have all that much to do with intent, does it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t mean to hurt you I’m just a jealous guy –J.Lennon John Lennon was probably pretty hard to be in love with of you go by song lyrics. He wrote several songs about being kind of an overly possessive creep. Ever hear “the End?” That’s the one in which he says he’s rather see … Continue reading Jealous Guy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-1eN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2969,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=2969","url_meta":{"origin":4761,"position":0},"title":"Kissing a fool","author":"Michelle","date":"December 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"People You can never change the way they feel Better let them do just what they will For they will If you let them Steal your heart from you --George Michael\/Kissing A Fool There is a balance between making yourself vulnerable in a way that lets love into your life\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1621,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1621","url_meta":{"origin":4761,"position":1},"title":"Kickin’ it old school","author":"Michelle","date":"September 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't step out of this house if that's the clothes you're gonna wear I'll kick you out of my home if you don't cut that hair Your mom busted in and said, \"What's that noise?\" Aw, mom you're just jealous it's the Beastie Boys! --Beastie Boys\/You've Gotta Fight And I'm\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5381,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=5381","url_meta":{"origin":4761,"position":2},"title":"Secrets","author":"Michelle","date":"May 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I won't tell your secrets Your secrets are safe with me I will keep your secrets (yes, I will) Just think of me as the pages in your diary --Alicia Keys\/Diary Everyone has secrets. 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