I don’t think I have too many pet peeves, I hope not. But a certain one is immaturity in conflict. By that I want to emphasize that I’m not against immaturity in general. I love pranks and surprises because most of the times I am the one playing them. I do however not like the ability of people to take things in their stride. So if I have an argument with someone and then fallout, I would still expect them to behave professionally. In case that argument was over something small I’d expect them to offer to make amends. I would do the same as soon as I realize that things have calmed down.
Sadly there are quite a few people who take things that are not inherently hurtful personally. The worst combination is a person who brings it upon himself but then acts the victim to antagonism. So put it this way, I really do not appreciate a person who is hurtful but cant take back what he dishes out. Beyond that it probably becomes an ego problem where the guy cant really accept his fault because he finds that demeaning. I really like the quote, “Do unto your friends what you would want done unto you”. Generally someone who does understand this concept probably does not because he or she is too immature to fathom it. Likewise someone who plays hardball but then does not accept defeat or an apology with grace is just being a sore loser.
I have to agree. People need to learn that it is the cycle of life, people will say things that upset you (you will say things that upset them) but they need to learn to just get over it and move on. Most times it is not worth losing a friend over something stupid.
ReplyDeleteSometimes people just take things way to personally.
ReplyDeleteHolding grudges are rarely worth it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your pet peeves. It is hard to deal with someone especially if they do not apologize if it is needed on their end.
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