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Jealousy: The Destroyer of Relationships It is difficult for a great majority of people to maintain a lasting relationship in this particular day and age. There are so many obstacles that couples must struggle to overcome in order for their relationships to survive. Examples of such obstacles include being unfaithful, lack of communication, the inability to compromise and jealousy. Of the examples listed, jealousy can quite possibly be the most damaging to relationships. Jealousy will destroy relationships and can also destroy people-literally and physically. In Robert Olen Butler’s “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot,” the husband was constantly jealous of anyone his wife associated with and was obsessed with the idea that she had cheated on him. This obsession eventually led to his death and his apparent reincarnation as a parrot. There was absolutely no evidence that the wife had been unfaithful because the only evidence the husband ever revealed was that she was cheating on him with a guy in the shipping department, all based on the fact that “three times she’d mentioned him.” (1595) This is not enough evidence to conclude her guilt. In fact