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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:30 AM Original message |
What do you do with people who are 'never wrong' and don't apologize? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just try to avoid them and protect yourself from their intrusions as much as you can. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Walk away. If they mature they'll find you again else you're better off without them. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I guess I should have added that these are people you can't avoid |
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kimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yep, walk away |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. "That's it, I quit. I'm moving on." (In the words of Sam Cooke.) nt |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. sounds like my ex-wife |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. had someone similar -- I called it "the emotional mine field" |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. good point |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Sounds like borderline personality disorder. |
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ohnoyoudidnt (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. They need to grow up. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. My most recent manager was like that, but even worse |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. I take their picture on a cliff when it's really windy. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Sadly, I usually end up waiting until they fire me. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Fist of all: Screw apologies. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I think I agree -- don't really need to hear "I'm sorry" -- better to |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. We just celebrated our 17th anniversary. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. They ARE a "type," and as such, you will not change them |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Excellent post. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I will have to take a look at those, sounds interesting |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. I think anything that goes on the assumption that everyone is self-centered is BS. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. NOOGIES!!!! |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. I divorced her. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Divorced him. |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. Put them on ignore. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. I wonder if apologizing is, to some people, a sign of weakness. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I think I have seen at least 2 types of non-apologizer |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Frank Luntz' polling showed that Bush not apologizing |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I once had a manager who apologized quite regularly. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. hit them with a rolled-up newspaper |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Call her on mother's day and Christmas and otherwise keep my distance. nt |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. run them for governor of New Jersey |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. Republicans. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. I kick their asses. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. You mean sociopaths? Leave them in the road. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. I never forget and never forgive. For most of my life I let some |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Don't rise to the bait! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
34. Divorced the barsted. Simple but not quick. |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. I don't know, nobody has ever apologized to me for anything. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. Try to divorce them. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Don't demand or even expect apologies from anyone |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. they are psychopaths. |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Laugh at them |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. I suggest they sign up for DU so they can see what the world would be like if everyone was like that |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. Why, promote them to manager, of course! |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. if all possible |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'd go and punch each of them in the back of the head. |
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