Complaining. (How Often Do You Do It?)

PeppermintPatty said:
Could you go an entire week without complaining?
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No. I complain about something almost daily. There's so much to complain about that I could complain more than I do; seriously, it's always something, but I try to hold it down to one or two complaints a day.

I could complain about half a dozen things that are going on right now, but 98% of the people I know wouldn't give a sh*t, so why bother? I have to figure it out by myself anyway, so I just complain about it in my own mind so as not to bore the masses. That'd be you guys, lol.

Gee, is that a complaint? 😆
 

chic said:
Yes, I think I could get through a week without complaining. I like everyone and everyone likes me. No problems here. :giggle:
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Weren’t you complaining about the vaccines. You have various threads about it. The same topic just worded differently.
 
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We must all have different ideas about complaints. Of course if I can fix something I do, and I rarely complain about people, but if my brand new dishwasher leaves the dishes sopping wet I'll voice a complaint. I wont pretend I'm happy about it just to be "positive." I recently read the worst book I've ever read, got straight off the library shelf and 90% porn. I complained to my husband about it.

I complain about politics and the cost of living and the lack of solutions for the homeless and drug addicted. God help us if we continue to act like everything in the world is hunky dory, just because we look in the mirror and love our own reflection.
 
I complain about my husband all the time. Mostly to myself.
Like "why? You wake up at 6, which wakes me up, and use the bathroom. Why can't you get up
and start coffee instead of going back to bed and waiting for me to get up and make it?" Why?
I could start an entire thread of spouse complaints but that would mean I was perfect and,............🤷🏼‍♀️
 
hearlady said:
I complain about my husband all the time. Mostly to myself.
Like "why? You wake up at 6, which wakes me up, and use the bathroom. Why can't you get up
and start coffee instead of going back to bed and waiting for me to get up and make it?" Why?
I could start an entire thread of spouse complaints but that would mean I was perfect and,............🤷🏼‍♀️
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lol. My husband is usually up before me but this morning I was up before him so I made his coffee first. Usually we make our own.
I complain about him in my thoughts often.
My complaints don’t serve me well though.
 
Della said:
God help us if we continue to act like everything in the world is hunky dory, just because we look in the mirror and love our own reflection.
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Self complaining is my biggest category. I can’t possibly look in the mirror and love my own reflection. It’s been stated that we can’t truly appreciate anyone until we appreciate ourselves first.
 
Oh yes. I meant that metaphorically speaking "we" as a whole. When I actually look in the mirror all I have ever seen is imperfections. My mother once accused me of being vain because I looked in the mirror so much but I was always being self-critical.
 
hearlady said:
I complain about my husband all the time. Mostly to myself.
Like "why? You wake up at 6, which wakes me up, and use the bathroom. Why can't you get up
and start coffee instead of going back to bed and waiting for me to get up and make it?" Why?
I could start an entire thread of spouse complaints but that would mean I was perfect and,............🤷🏼‍♀️
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LOL Me too. For example, today is trash pick-up day and he never forgets to wheel the bin out to end of the driveway. He just never remembers to put the garbage in it first, so I always have to walk out with a big bag of kitchen garbage.
 
I went to Walgreen's on Sunday. The pharmacy was closed. "What do you mean the pharmacy is closed?" The young woman explained that they have begun closing on Sundays. I backed off once I realized that it wasn't her fault. But it still makes me angry. What kind of pharmacy would close on Sunday?
 
Alizerine said:
I went to Walgreen's on Sunday. The pharmacy was closed. "What do you mean the pharmacy is closed?" The young woman explained that they have begun closing on Sundays. I backed off once I realized that it wasn't her fault. But it still makes me angry. What kind of pharmacy would close on Sunday?
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Especially a Walgreens. Even the grocery store pharmacies are open here on Sunday. They do all seem to close though for lunch.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
My husband is a fixer. I have to keep this in mind when talking to him
. I think most men are.
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Fixing what bothers you is our way of turning down the complaining. It isn’t altogether altruistic. Now if you wanted to deploy our strategy to get us to leave off fixing I wonder what you’d have to do? 😉

As for me I complain a lot while driving. I can’t stand inattentive drivers. If I’m the fourth car back at a red light and we haven’t moved in ten seconds after the light changes, I must be the only one awake.
 
MarkD said:
Fixing what bothers you is our way of turning down the complaining. It isn’t altogether altruistic. Now if you wanted to deploy our strategy to get us to leave off fixing I wonder what you’d have to do? 😉

As for me I complain a lot while driving. I can’t stand inattentive drivers. If I’m the fourth car back at a red light and we haven’t moved in ten seconds after the light changes, I must be the only one awake.
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Yes I realize it’s some type of strategy
I’m ocd about finding things to complain about. It’s become an unhealthy habit.

My husband tailgates others and then curses when they turn without giving enough notice or brake needlessly. I drive the opposite. I leave a huge gap between our car and the next one. It’s FAR easier on the nerves.
 
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