The friend said that her colleague, who had not communicated with her before, became surprisingly friendly and sympathetic after learning about the troubles in her family life.

She constantly offered her help if suddenly her friend needed to express herself. She meticulously found out all the details of family problems. But that's all!

Knowing all the details of the life situation, she was in no hurry to offer real help.

"There are three signs of an envious person: 1) he will slander and slander a person when he is not around; 2) he will flatter and flatter him when he sees this person; 3) he will rejoice in this person's misfortune." — Luqman al-Hakim , a Muslim sage.

In fact, a hidden envious person is not going to help, he likes to hear about other people's troubles. He revels in adversity and will screw a person until he sees complete crushing.

"Envy is sadness over the well-being of one's neighbor, which... seeks not good for oneself, but evil for one's neighbor. The envious would like to see the famous dishonorable, the rich - poor, the happy - unhappy. This is the purpose of envy - to see how the envious person falls into happiness disaster", - Ilya Minyatii, Greek bishop.

So if suddenly someone out of nowhere shows amazing care in words, but not in deed, does not try to get out of unpleasant conversations, but on the contrary, then most likely you are a simple envious person who is happy to see the happy - the unhappy.