Mine is bigger then yours!

I don't get Envy? If someone has something you don't have then so what? Millions of people have things you don't have that you probably want! X has a better car, Y has thicker hair, and Z has a cool name that starts with Z!

Why get twisted out of shape about something just because someone else has it? Especially as '99. something high%' of what gets our fur ruffled and excited now, eventually gets doffed in a corner, never to see the light of day again? Forgotten for the next craze, whether it be an even flatter screen TV, or the latest movie with some highly Botoxed star in it, or even a piercing where no piercings should ever go!

My view is that if the guy who has this pretty doodad isn't going to give it to you, then you're no better or worse off then you were before you found out they had it!
What's the point of stewing in your own cream sauce with anger and frustration? The guy who you're envious of isn't going to care if you're losing sleep over the fact that his car is 0.00000000001% more expensive then yours! Heck many people would actually be delighted to know that someone out there is pining away after their new flashy bauble. (Then they have the goody AND your envy so that it's pretty much GAME OVER for you in the peaceful sleep department!)

Patience here is, as it's so often heralded to be, one heck of a shiny virtue. Almost everything starts out so expensive you have to mortgage internal organs, but if you can wait a bit then before you know it, they're a lot cheaper and easily affordable. PLUS by the time you buy the gadget there will be a ton extra info about them on the net, people's experiences and recommendations on how to use it, display it or insert it - tried and tested.

You've survived this long without it, another few weeks shouldn't kill you. (Unless it's,say, a heart transplant but okay, there are always exceptions and who knows what people will sell to afford that new TV?) >_<