Pride / Proud

kellyriddell

How would you all describe the sense of pride?

My partner went on a course to do paint correction and is a very good detailler on cars, and has just been asked to do 2 jobs which are the first ones since his course. Is this a sense of pride on my part or is it sheer happiness? He is amazing at his job and am so happy that this has come up for him. But how can you diferengiate (dont think thats how it is spelt) between pride and happiness? :confused1:

messedup89

kellyriddell wrote: »

How would you all describe the sense of pride?

My partner went on a course to do paint correction and is a very good detailler on cars, and has just been asked to do 2 jobs which are the first ones since his course. Is this a sense of pride on my part or is it sheer happiness? He is amazing at his job and am so happy that this has come up for him. But how can you diferengiate (dont think thats how it is spelt) between pride and happiness? :confused1:

maybe the fact u used the word 'happy' and not proud

kellyriddell

Hmmm I am very happy for him but feel a sense of pride that he hasnt given up on it. Its a very weird lol!

LeeS2009

Its a very fine line but can be defined i think

messedup89

u feel both for him, wish should give him a nice confidence boost

kellyriddell

Yeah bless him....hes as pleased as punch just these 2 jobs will bring in £500 so hes over the moon with it - as he says as long as there are cars on the road there is work for him somewhere!

AK002

I would love to get into detailing lol..

Lots of cash in it.. Congrats to him.

mark130273

thats a good question i would say its seems like proud !!

blobbyh

Happiness can solely come from within (self contentment), whereas the feeling of pride could be seen as a form of happiness often heightened by external influences e.g. someone paying you a complement for a job well done.

You can feel short term pride in something while simultaneously experiencing long term unhappiness so time scale can also be a factor.