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Are you too nice? Do you think people walk all over you?





Posted - September 25, 2017

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  • 44619
    No, but my wife is. Her so-called friends and her daughter are constantly asking for things and she caves all the time.
      September 25, 2017 5:40 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Element, does she complain to you about it, or is she just one of those people who are givers and it upset you to see her taken advantage of? 
      September 25, 2017 5:43 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    A little of the former and a lot of the latter.
      September 25, 2017 6:01 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    It does suck to see someone we love getting taken advantage of.
      September 25, 2017 6:02 PM MDT
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  • Sometimes with certain people in my life I can be too nice , or give too many chances. But on other hand sometimes I'm too quick to snap at people and lose my temper. So I'd say I'm half nice , half beaachy:) 
      September 25, 2017 6:15 PM MDT
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  • 6124

    Hmm.  Why am I not surprised? ;-)


     

      September 25, 2017 6:21 PM MDT
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  • :) depends on the day ... sometimes the hour :p

      September 25, 2017 6:23 PM MDT
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  • 7939
    It depends on who's looking at me. lol 
    My general philosophy is to help where I can, and I'm genuinely happy doing it. I also try to see why someone might have behaved a certain way and take that into consideration. I'm far more likely to turn the other cheek than I am to engage in a heated argument with someone or fire back. So, that naturally winds up causing issues because some people do take advantage of that. I'll give them leeway because they're dealing with something or processing something, and then they expect me to keep bending over backwards or biting my tongue. If they don't heed my gentle warnings, the claws come out. I pretty much just cut them out of my life entirely. They're dead to me. And, they're always shocked because I've always been "so nice." So, you'll find people who think I'm the kindest, gentlest soul on earth, and you'll find people who think I'm a huge b. It does take a lot to push me to the point where I cut someone off, but when I do, it ain't pretty.

      September 25, 2017 6:24 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    I know where you're coming from on that JA.  Thanks for responding.
      September 25, 2017 6:45 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Image result for funny gifs of people fallingYes, but i dont trip over it.
      September 25, 2017 7:18 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    LMAO!  If you did, I'd catch you! :-)
      September 25, 2017 8:15 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    Yes, I'm way too nice, way too shy, never speak my mind, a real doormat.


      September 25, 2017 8:20 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    I know.  Ugh. I just hate it when I see you let people walk all over you.

     

     

      September 25, 2017 8:30 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    It's a real curse.
      September 25, 2017 8:31 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    I've been run over a few times.  Not because I'm so nice, but because they can and do for personal gain.  I've had millions stolen or diverted away from me by greedy relatives.  Some who were my court appointed guardians.  I also had a boss who forced me out of a job because another agency made false promises to him about what they would do for him if he got rid of me.
      September 25, 2017 8:20 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    OMG! That's terrible CallMeishmael. :-(   Thank you for finding the courage to share that with us here.
      September 25, 2017 8:32 PM MDT
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  • 17599
    I know there have been times in my personal life where I let things go that maybe I should not have.  Sometimes it's just the best way to stop a drama was playing out about something that probably is not even important to me.  But no, I don't let people walk all over me.  In my professional life I rarely let anything just roll off because every word matters in the kind of work I do (even though I try to do very little).  
      September 25, 2017 9:03 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    I understand TM.
      September 26, 2017 3:45 AM MDT
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  • 7683
    Always Harry always...nowadays i am growing more stern and I hope I can become strong enough not to allow others to take advantage of me, my Papa was a gentle soul, I'm like him, my Mom is a Leo....my Hubby a Sagittarius, he taught me how to deal with people, I'm learning, still a novice dear;))
      September 25, 2017 10:22 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    You keep working on it Veena.  It's not easy, especially when it comes to friends.  For me, it depends upon what's going on in my life.  Lately, I think I'm made of stone. ;-)
      September 26, 2017 3:48 AM MDT
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  • I do have some tendency to be a doormat. I've gotten better at not letting people walk over me, but I've always been the type who tries to please everyone and I often have the problem of not speaking up when something is bothering me. 
      September 25, 2017 10:24 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Like Veena, you need to keep working at it Nevan.  It's one of those issues in which, eventually, you will hit a breaking point.
      September 26, 2017 3:50 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    I think I might be too nice because I get the feeling being nice just is kind of frowned on while being, umm, the opposite of a nice person is what's popular. This post was edited by Livvie at September 26, 2017 6:02 AM MDT
      September 25, 2017 11:57 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    If your not sure, from what I've seen, yeah, you're too nice. ;-)
      September 26, 2017 3:53 AM MDT
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