Sabi

I have. But luckily its a short one! Even if i try and be angry at someone i cant for long.

armadillo

Yep. Am this huge perfectionist with really high standards for me and all around me, but as soon as someone says my bad, it's forgiven. Am also a huge sticker for justice and doing the hright thing, LOL, so I find it difficult to let people get away with it if they've slighted someone.

Trpimp147

ehh i hate stupied people.... and they are always right (really they are usly wrong)

armadillo

And how do you feel about people who can't spell?

Trpimp147

don't care i have the worst spelling ever haha i bet that drives you nuts. i was never school smart for spelling and math and all that poop. now put me in a shop with a bunch of tools i can take just about any thing apart and put it together and/or fix it also just building any thing i enjoy hands on!

armadillo

ha ha ha! Caught me. Am the world's biggest pedant.

And am exactly the contrary: I was always academically smart, but absolutely no common sense or no sense of anything practical. If I read a DIY manual, I want to cry from confusion after 10 minutes. Really annoying.

Drea

It's simple really..what good does a temper do for anyone? I am blessed with patience and I realize some folks aren't, so I try to create calm for others by being calm in tense situations. I hate my perfectionism, it keeps me busy (yes, I can handle those without it)

Trpimp147

every one has one or the other... sucks i try my best in spelling and grammer but i dont care that much about it i was in a support class for it in school... i think that was the worst choice my school made to put me in there they didnt challenge me

armadillo

You sound like my husband. An angel of patience he is.

Tom

I'm usually always mad, so I would say I do. lol
Tom

LuvaBetta

Armadillo, you sound a lot like me. My husband has the patience, and the good sense to stay clear when I'm mad! I try never to say anything I'll regret later, but there are tooth marks in my tongue! And I always want to help when someone else is wronged, but usually they don't want anything done. Suffering in silence, I guess.

My biggest rage-inducers are (1) traffic and (2) my own mistakes.

COBettaCouple

i have a temper, but i don't have distemper.

Chief_waterchanger

I have a temper. I am a very vengeful person. I have a huge hatred for stupid people and lazy people. I love plotting about ways of getting even with people who wrong me, and I don't mind spending very long periods of time waiting to get the revenge. I am not a very violent person, but I can certainly be if needed.

sgould

People irritate me enormously and I frequently feel that the fewer of them I have to be exposed to, the better for my own well being. So, I guess the answer is yes! lol

Butterfly

I tend to internalize things and simmer but when the breaking point has been reached thats it
Carol

Allie

Oh yeah, having a mood disorder doesn't help me at all.
But it was MUCH worse when I was younger. I had to take anger management when I was 16 years old & again in my 20s.

COBettaCouple

That sounds like me.

Allie

I have to agree with you on that.

Dino

I have more patience than I know what to do with.
I am also very nonconfrontational.

However, I remember EVERY thing done to me and never forget.

I tend to get even in the long run.

MudHog

wow, the temper people are overpowering us non temper people.

I'm the kind of person that will keep things in alot. I get very quiet during arguments. Once I've had enough, I've had enough though. I won't argue unless provoked either. I have paitence and tend to give time for things to work out. I'm not the kind of person that will wake up the next morning and forget something that was done to me. I don't "hold" onto things though.

MagpieTear

It depends, I have little or no patience with people, infinite patience with things. I rarely take my temper out on people anymore, I have a heavy bag for that. I'm with Mudhog though, no sense in arguing. You either agree with me, or you're wrong...

≈ D ≈

Yep I have one. I'm also the type that never forgets when wronged and take my time getting my revenge. What I hate is being interrupted or disrespected.

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Neville

i am very peaceful, but when i get very angry i start counting 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95,94 ,93,..........up to 1 and guys it really works........... grrrrrrrr&*^%$#@!)(*&^%$

armadillo

You sound like a great person to live with, MudHog.

I am also totally unable to bear a grudge, and I never hit under the belt. I don't understand people who can't control themselves and get nasty when angry. I can be angry and still quite fair. My husband is always laughing at my habit of seeing things from his point of view in an argument, no matter how het up it gets (which is never very)!

My husband's a bit like you, MudHog. He won't really get agitated in an argument. He'll patiently wait, and he'll also make fair points only. The extent of his loosing his temper is to just say: OK, I've had enough now. Going to my 'boy room'. And that's that. I have to say: you silent types are way more effective than us temper people, because you don't speak much, but when you do, it really has an impact!

We're really lucky I guess.

MudHog

That's another pet peeve of mine too, I hate to be interupted.

Gozer_1

Yes, I must be honest. I agree whole heartedly. I hate it most when people blow me off. I'm "the young guy" at work and, though I'm the number 2 guy, I have a heck of a time getting my ideas on the table. I usually get blown off by the older guys. GRRRRRrrrrRRRR Gozer MAD. You won't like me when I'm angry. Actually these days I've learned to mostly blow it off. When I was a teenager I was full of contempt and angst. I'm much more level headed now and realize it gets me no where to pitch a fit. So, instead I just stew it all up for awhile untill the wrong person pushes the wrong button then BOOM. Don't push that button. It's hard to find and hard to push now days but sorry to anyone who pushes it. lol

I am a VERY nice guy though. Even if I get mad at someone it's just irritation. I don't really "explode". Somedays I do have a reputation of being grumpy. I blame it on my lacking ability to get a good nights sleep. (sleep apnea)

LuvaBetta

Speaking as someone who used to be the "young guy" at work, I gotta tell you, Gozer, sometimes we're easy to work with, the key is R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Listen to our ideas, even if you think they're bad ideas, and at least pretend to value our experience. Share the big picture with us. Work with us as a team, give us credit as team members and don't hog it all. Unless you've got a real back-stabber in the crowd, your anger button will atrophy from disuse!

Chief_waterchanger

Being interrupted is my biggest pet peeve also, even more so than dealing with stupid people.

I try to apologise if I catch myself interrupting someone, and I know everyone interrupts people from time to time, but it makes my skin crawl. The main reason for that pet peeve is that when someone interrupts me it feels like they are saying, "Your thoughts aren't important enough to listen to, here's mine." That also touches on the being the younger one in the group. I am 20, but have a lot of 40-60 year old friends, and have heard from atleast the majority of them more than a dozen times, "We've got more experience" or "We're older we know better" even when it comes to things they have no clue about.

I totally know where you folks are coming from on the being interrupted and being overlooked due to age.

LuvaBetta

I understand about the interruptions also, sometimes I run out of "mental bookmarks"! Its not pleasant, though, to find out that people would rather go to ANYONE else than approach you.

About the age thing, you gotta know we're all going to be there at some point. And sometimes pretending you believe something is as good as believing it!