A young woman I know once had a lot of trouble understanding why her H was so jealous of some of her male old college buddies whom she would see along with some female college buddies on a once/year jaunt to which all spouses were invited. She had not ever dated any of these guys. I finally pointed out that the jealousy was nice (it wasnt' over the top) because what woman wants to be seen as totally "safe", like there is absolutely no possibility that anything could happen with anyone else. Frankly, the one or two displays of jealousy my H ever showed were very affirming.
