I have a friend who's dream car is a 458 Italia. It's reasonable for him to expect the means to acquire one in the next few years, given his career trajectory, so it is a real aspirational goal he has his heart set on. Unfortunately for him, he sours when he sees other young(er) presumptively less deserving acquaintances pick up his dream car first.
I can't wrap my head around why a smart driven person would let someone else's purchases or success make him unhappy, especially when he's in a perfectly enviable situation himself.
Whenever some event makes me feel envious, I try to distill the objective change from before said event to the present... usually it's nothing material. When I recognize that, the envy melts away.
As for kids getting corvettes.. he's (or his parents, whatever) just one more purchaser convincing auto manufacturers to keep making legitimate performance packages. It's a good thing for all of us.
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