What do you always try to avoid?

VaughanJB said:
I don't so much avoid confrontation, but I do avoid people with whom confrontation is inevitable. For example, I have a brother with whom you can't talk to for five minutes before something outrageous comes out. I avoid him, and we never speak now. I don't have time for ignorance, or for people who are so self-involved they think they have all the answers, and everyone else who thinks differently is wrong.
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I'm no theologian, but isn't this a description of the prophets of old? :ROFLMAO:
 

Nathan said:
Exactly, when approached in public by some old goat wanting to share his special brand of lunacy, I don't engage...I just give a blank look and walk away.
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Totally agree. I used to try to use logic, history etc. on a first rate wacko, it never worked. I got all hot and bothered. In bed, at night, I'd relive the argument. I dawned on me there's a difference in believing and knowing. Ya ain't never gonna change believing. Now, I smile, walk away, and hope he doesn't vote.
 

StarSong said:
Children's noises also make me smile, but I had a passel of kids all at once so I quickly grew accustomed. Not crazy about shrill screaming in enclosed spaces like restaurants though, but it doesn't stress me out.

None of us were born old.
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I believe my wife and I share your views to some degree. We were married exactly one year when our fist was born and folloed up with 3 more in the next 5 years. Kids and noise was our daily life for a few years.

On a more general note, we tend to avoid situations and places that we think may lead to uncomfortable moments. It's easier to do as we've aged, Our social life is mostly with family members and we, fortunately, don't have any members who are unhappy with this mix.
 
DaveA said:
On a more general note, we tend to avoid situations and places that we think may lead to uncomfortable moments. It's easier to do as we've aged, Our social life is mostly with family members and we, fortunately, don't have any members who are unhappy with this mix
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True for me, too. When working in large offices or with the public, I dealt with the gamut of personalities and people's moods. No more. DH & my work involves a handful of people beyond ourselves.

With the exception of short, mostly impersonal contact with grocery clerks or the like, my interactions are largely with people of my own choosing. Family, long term friends and very nice neighbors. Very few uncomfortable moments anymore.
 
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