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Do you have chutzpah?

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Posted - June 8, 2018

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  • 7775
    Not by a longshot. Can you loan me some?
      June 8, 2018 1:17 PM MDT
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  • 2706
    Yup. When necessary, I have no problem looking anyone in the eye and saying what needs to be said and doing what needs to be done. :)
      June 8, 2018 1:22 PM MDT
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  • Assuming Leo Rosten's definition in The Joys of Yiddish - "gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible 'guts', 
    but often used more colloquially to indicate a kind of cheekiness in asking for something -
    assuming that the other can say no easily and without embarrassment.

    Me - none... :(

    But my husband never fails to amaze me with his.
    And it works every time! This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at June 8, 2018 9:48 PM MDT
      June 8, 2018 2:57 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    "supreme self-confidence" was the definition I found.

    No, I don't have supreme self-confidence.
      June 8, 2018 3:19 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    I guess I should have read Hartfire's definition - it's different than plain old supreme self confidence.
    :)
      June 8, 2018 4:39 PM MDT
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  • Thanks - but you were not wrong, WQ.
    The original Hebrew meaning of the word does meaning intolerably overbearing and carries a heavily pejorative tone.
      June 8, 2018 7:36 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    I’ll leave that for other people to determine. 
    Let’s say I am profoundly secure in myself. 
      June 8, 2018 4:53 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Oy vey ....your audacity leaves me flabber gasted.....:(  
      June 8, 2018 5:34 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    No, actually I might be a little too timid.  But then I reach the breaking point with someone and I become downright uncivil.  I'm trying to let out my objections a little more gradually.
      June 8, 2018 6:57 PM MDT
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  • I love that kind of honesty.
      June 8, 2018 7:36 PM MDT
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  • 3523

    one tree hill couple GIF
      June 8, 2018 8:53 PM MDT
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  • Awwe, shucks... looks down and away, not sure whether to be pleased or embarrassed.

    Thank you again, a rare moment for me.
    Truth is, I look like, well - let's just say I use two pairs of glasses, false teeth and need several face-lifts.
      June 8, 2018 9:09 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    As long as you can still peek out through your bellybutton hole, that's good enough for me.
      June 9, 2018 9:11 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    I keep some for use when needed.
      June 8, 2018 7:27 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    Let's say I have not been accused of being timid since I was about four years old.
      June 8, 2018 9:50 PM MDT
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  • 10037
    I ran out. I'm going to TJ Maxx tomorrow to see if they have some slightly irregular or nearly expired chutzpah. 
      June 8, 2018 10:24 PM MDT
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  • 177
    I thought it was a type of bread lol
      June 9, 2018 2:21 AM MDT
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  • 16202
    Hebrew chutzpah, no. Yiddish chutzpah, kinda - I have the cheekiness but not the arrogance.
      June 9, 2018 4:16 AM MDT
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