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How do you handle mean people that are in your life and cannot be avoided?

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13 Answers to "How do you handle mean people that are in your life and cannot be avoided?"

  1. deltadon - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by deltadon Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:57AM

    entice them to a street corner..........then shove em in front of a city bus

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  2. LucilleLucilleLucille - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by LucilleLucilleLucille Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:08AM

    Ignore them.

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  3. BabzEsq24 - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by BabzEsq24 Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:09AM

    I try- but it does become awkward

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  4. LucilleLucilleLucille - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by LucilleLucilleLucille Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:59AM

    If they are mean,then it should become easier...good luck :)

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  5. Balletmad - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by Balletmad Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM

    Casual indifference. People hate to be ignored. If they are directly mean to you, though, fight back.

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  6. Vessa - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by Vessa Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM

    Kind of depends on how they are being mean. If I can blow them off or ignore them, I do. There have been a few that I was just super nice to, and that calmed them down. There is no bigger turnoff to some mean people than for you to just be calm and understanding so that they are basically left looking foolish because there's no "threat" for them to fight. Really depends on the person and what is motivating him or her to be that way. Some don't understand anything other than negative consequences. With my big brother, his bullying didn't stop until I hit him between the legs.

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  7. weakestchimp - 56-60 years old - female

    Posted by weakestchimp Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:05AM

    I JUST HADTA COME BACK THAT GUY WITH THE BUS IS BREAKING ME UP
    JUST UP!

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  8. BabzEsq24 - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by BabzEsq24 Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:07AM

    The guy's a chick

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  9. weakestchimp - 56-60 years old - female

    Reply by weakestchimp Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:12AM

    STILL BREAKIN ME UP

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  10. ideallover - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by ideallover Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:03AM

    by finding a way to make them avoids me ;p

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  11. BabzEsq24 - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by BabzEsq24 Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:04AM

    Easter dinner at the Mom-n-Law's- bracing myself

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  12. onwayout - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by onwayout Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:01AM

    Every mean person can teach you an important lesson about life and humanity. I'm so used to mean people that it's my norm; when I meet someone who is different, I am definitely impressed and hooked. The mean people will eventually dig their own graves. I'm not going to sit and ponder why they are so mean; life has a way of affecting all of us. Being mean is a choice that some people make. You don't have to be mean. You can express how you feel without resorting to meanness. Either way, it's not my problem or my issue. If you're mean, you have to answer to yourself why you feel its the only way you can communicate. I can't take you seriously until you can show me you are mature and no longer a little child.

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  13. ideallover - 22-25 years old - female

    Reply by ideallover Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:19AM

    i agree, but for me being mean is just a matter of perception , pick a fight, ignoring them or just smile and walk away are considered 'being mean' to them anyway, and so as you pointed, why bother wondering why they are so mean. so rather trying to control the uncontrollable, better take charge of what you can control, and that is yourself. somehow i rarely meet mean people in my life, because they know that if they ever messed with me, i can be very merciless hence they end up becoming what they are today, the greatest people of my life :)

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  14. BabzEsq24 - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by BabzEsq24 Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:23AM

    I have on occasion excused myself from certain converstaions. Example: My son, when he was16 went to Haiti to help with the earthquake aftermath. We were telling that story to my sis-n-law's mom-n-law who responded: "Why would anyone want to help those people. They sell their own children".

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  15. magnumbunny - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by magnumbunny Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:59AM

    with honesty.....if you have nothing good to say then F O...oh!! and have a nice day :)

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  16. muskats - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by muskats Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:59AM

    become impartial to their presence

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  17. MyNamesNotFrench - 70+ years old - female

    Posted by MyNamesNotFrench Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:58AM

    Not well. We end up fighting a lot since I don't feel like just letting things slide anymore.

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  18. BabzEsq24 - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by BabzEsq24 Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:59AM

    I'm heading there

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  19. MyNamesNotFrench - 70+ years old - female

    Reply by MyNamesNotFrench Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:01AM

    Everyone's patience has limits.

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  20. Valhalla23 - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by Valhalla23 Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:58AM

    Put a bomb up their arse and light it. Clear out fast.

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  21. Vont - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by Vont Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:58AM

    Deal with them as long as I have 2....And get away quick.

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  22. steppingup - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by steppingup Mar 7th, 2013 at 9:58AM

    I have always been diplomatic, these folks help me practice my art.

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