What causes you to be irrationally upset?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

the dog eating the cat poop does it for me.

i didnt even realize i could get so freaked out, but i do.




:scared:

[SoxFan]

1. This

:banghead:

[redqueen]

2. men whose eyebrows seem to look naturally overtweezed

or... i don't know... men with overtweezed eyebrows

it makes no sense at all, but it gets on my very last nerve

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. lol. badly tweezed eyebrows in either gender bother me.

[redqueen]

6. hahah well yeah but i don't mean badly tweezed...

i should say overtweezed for a man

i feel so horribly sexist for feeling this way

[Shell Beau]

10. No! I am with ya! I like my guy a little more rugged anyway!

[redqueen]

14. I don't prefer rugged...

just not... i don't know... :P

[Shell Beau]

22. By rugged I mean doesn't tweeze his brows!!

[WildEyedLiberal]

82. Like this guy?

http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/2007/05/hcwdb-of-month-fish-slap.html

This site is sort of offensive, but I laugh my ass off anyway. :rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

3. The Bush Administration

Other than that, anything that flies and can sting: wasps, hornets, bees...

[redqueen]

7. with respect to the bush admin, i'd say that's completely rational. n/t

[NewJeffCT]

18. it's both

rational in that I've seen a lot of their BS and their policies and I get scared...

But, also irrational because as soon as I see one of them on TV - Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rice, etc - I almost start gagging.

[mvd]

64. I guess that can be seen as a normal reflex

Considering what Bush and co. have done.

[IndianaJones]

5. Howie Mandel. nt.

[SarahB]

8. I have issues with regards to earlobes.

Attached earlobes bug me a little, but my husband has one that is, so I can get past it (it was the first thing I noticed about him in person though) because his other bits are perfect. However, huge, huge floppy earlobes are a major turn off that I don't think I could get past.

There, I confess. I'm a deranged earlobe snob. I want perfect earlobes! :cry:

[Shell Beau]

9. Yep, dogs can be yucky at times!

Why don't you go over there and give him a big old kiss now!! :P

[SacredCow]

11. Another pet issue....

2 dogs in the house; a dachshund and a bichon. The dachshund is a slow and inconsistent eater, and the bichon is a canine black hole. At feeding time, the bichon sucks down her food then begins "stalking" the dachshund's dish, biding her time and waiting for the moment of opportunity. When it comes, she swoops in and starts chowing down- I can usually hear her tags clinking against the bowl when it's happening and run in with the magazine to swat her. And the cycle repeats on a daily basis... I'm thinking of making a "cage" that she can't get her fat butt into for the dachshund's food, but I hate to have something like that in my living room....

[Shell Beau]

13. 2 of my dogs are piggies! The third one doesn't seem to think

"dog" food is a priority. Plus he spits out certain pieces of the food that he doesn't care for. So I have kibble all over the floor!

[SacredCow]

20. The dachshund is also sneaky...

she hides pieces of kibble all over the freakin' house. 3 to 5 pieces in each spot, and no rhyme or reason to where you'll find it. I've had it in my shoes, my gym bag, guitar cases, under the bed, in the laundry hamper- everywhere imaginable, really.

[Shell Beau]

23. I know what you mean! I too find pieces of kibble all over the place!

[eyesroll]

12. The phrase: "You cannot possibly understand because you're not a mom."

(It's especially bad when the person in question says "mommy" or "mama.")

Now, I understand that I cannot necessarily understand, other than academically, three months of colic, or healing from an episiotomy, or nursing round-the-clock while trying to go back to work, because I've never been there. I came into my stepdaughter's life when she was 2. (No, her dad and I aren't married; close enough, though.)

But just because I've never given birth to a kid does not mean I can't understand the environmental impact of diapers, what size a 42-pound 5-year-old might wear, or why the preschool probably shouldn't be telling parents that their child's math skills "need improvement" at age 3.

I also hate that phrase when the speaker is using my disagreement to infer a lack of understanding. I usually *understand* where, say, my SO's ex is coming from, even though I don't agree. (I don't ever interfere with a private issue between them...but sometimes when I've vented to neutral third parties, I've gotten the above answer.)

I've been puked on, peed on, pooped on. I've been to the ER and wished I could trade places with her when the doctor reset her elbow. I've stayed awake with worry after she had an asthma attack in the middle of the night, just listening to her breathing. I've had that feeling of sheer terror when she wandered off as a toddler at the grocery store.

So she's my stepdaughter and not a biological daughter. So what?

(Yes, this is a sore subject with me.)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. i can imagine that woudl be annoying. i love my stepmother as much as i do my mother.

[redqueen]

17. I'd say that's a good reason to be upset...

not an irrational one.

[eyesroll]

24. What makes it irrational is I get annoyed/upset when I hear it and it doesn't even concern me.

Like if I'm at a restaurant and hear it at the next table.
Or when I see it on a message board (not this one -- I've seen it in stepparents' forums on parenting boards).
Or when it's all in my head -- I'm anticipating someone will say it to me (which they don't) and it pisses me off.

(I did get it at my friend's baby shower when I asked her if or when she was planning to return to her job...I made sure to phrase it carefully...and I still got the phrase, plus "a mother is ALWAYS working," from someone I had not met until that shower. Ugh.)

A corrollary to this is "just you wait."
I've gotten this in response to wondering why babies need a wipe warmer (note: it was a non-snarky question, and not directed to the giver or recipient of a wipe warmer).

[Kali]

39. sounds like you understand just fine

and you sound just like a mom, momma, mommy, whatever.

somebody has NO clue.

[EstimatedProphet]

16. "In God We Trust" license plates

especially when on cars driven by dumbasses that cut people off and speed.

[IndianaJones]

19. Indiana license plates suck. As does the BMV. nt.

[Jimbo S]

78. Please keep those things in Indiana!

If I ever have to move to Indiana I'd get one just so I could put it on my car and deface it.

[graywarrior]

21. Florida

In general.

Which is why I am such a pain in the ass to be around.

[DarkTirade]

26. You're not the only one...

[Zephyrbird]

25. men who have had fat injected in their lips.

YAAAAAAAAAHHH!

Creeps me out and makes me scream at the TV.

:wtf:

Zeph

[redqueen]

29. Huh? That's a thing now?

Wow...

[Zephyrbird]

57. yeah, a new thing for men.

GROOOOOSSS!

If you haven't seen it, count yourself lucky! I couldn't look at anything but these guys' lips; didn't hear a thing they were saying--just going blind staring.

Zeph

[DarkTirade]

27. Stupidity bothers me.

Especially when I catch myself doing it. :P

[Shell Beau]

28. I really try my best not to get irrational about anything!!

But it does happen!!! I guess when I sweep and mop the floor and my husband comes in with muddy shoes!! Aggravates the hell out of me!

[EstimatedProphet]

30. Really?!?!? That IS aggravating!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Too much noise and super-large crowds

I stay away from the zoo on a beautiful Saturday. A rainy mid-week trip is just fine by me.

I put peace and quiet on my Christmas list every year. Haven't gotten it yet. ;-)

[av8rdave]

32. Telephone solicitors

[halobeam]

33. People who ask how you are

and when you respond, fine and you? They are already doing something else, never hearing you answer or ask them back.

Drives, me crazy!..

[LibDemAlways]

34. Idiots behind the wheel of a car

[Ellen Forradalom]

35. Husband slinging around words like 'responsible' and 'acceptable'

as if were the final arbiter of these things. Makes me instantly insane.

Hence we are separated for everyone's peace of mind.

[jgraz]

44. Sounds like the responsible thing to do

:P

[Ellen Forradalom]

45. But is it acceptable?

[Burma Jones]

67. Did you marry a High School Guidance Counselor?

I always got the irresponsible and unacceptable labels.........

[Ellen Forradalom]

83. LOL! I gotta wonder!

What a great description of him!

[Bryn]

36. Animal Cruelty does it for me

x(

[Burma Jones]

69. That's not irrational....n/t

[HuskerDU]

37. People who get off on the misery of others.

'Cares not to come up any higher but rather get you down in the hole that he's in'

[Le Taz Hot]

68. "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding."

Dylan. Do I get points for that? Sorry. I digress. Carry on.

[HuskerDU]

73. Boop

Points for you! Good job.

[KamaAina]

38. Crowded, slow buses

some of them make me long for the relative peace and quiet of the NYC subway!

Also: interminable supermarket checkout lines, the kind where everyone in front of you is apparently feeding a family of 12. :grr:

edit: Another Freudian typo: "pace" and quiet!

[Lyric]

40. People who think that a lack of real compassion

is something to be proud of, rather than ashamed of. Death penalty advocates and anti-welfare types are the worst offenders.

Newsflash: your hardline stance doesn't make you seem "tough", it makes you seem like you have a tightly closed mind and a surgically-removed heart.

[ThomCat]

41. Oh Hell Yes!

x(

I often wonder why it's so cool to be heartless.

[Lyric]

42. I dunno, but people like that get me so worked up that I

literally cannot stand to be near them or interact with them, because my emotional response is overwhelming anger. Most of my rather short "Ignore" list is comprised of such, so I can avoid the stress of dealing with them.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

49. Lots of them at a site that cannot be named.

One of them wanted to know why they were all SOOOO HAPPY and why the folks at DU were "always whining" and "blaming others".


Folks, we're in the reality channel, as Mr. Colbert said! We're dealing with reality and we have compassion and empathy for people who aren't leading happy lives; we empathize with each other as a community. They think that's weak and sissy.

They're busy ignoring everyone else, due to their selfishness and inability to understand anybody else's problems.

[Arugula Latte]

87. That's been a major propaganda push by the rightwing since Reagan

Republicans think it's cool to be a greedy asshole out to screw everyone else.

[ikojo]

43. Almost any positive mention or mention period of my

now former roommate....a group of co-workers saw him and a former boss at a party last week. On Friday they come in just raving about him. My response was that the package they saw is not the real package.

I was shaking inside at the mere mention of his name.

[redqueen]

46. anything hinting that romantic love is not real

:(

[Redstone]

47. What DOESN'T? I have WAY too short a fuse.

Redstone

[oregonjen]

48. Dogs from the neighborhood that leave poo in our yard

The owners don't observe leash laws and let their dogs run loose out in the neighborhood. The dogs of course have to go to each house and leave deposits. Why can't the owners pick up their own dogs' poo? I just don't understand why they think it's okay to leave it there for others to pick up along with the fact that there are leash laws that are being ignored.

Petty thing to get upset about, but having to pick up after my own dog is enough.

[petronius]

50. None of my 'upsets' are irrational - anytime I get pissed off it is 100% justified! (nt)

[Mike03]

51. My own body

When I am struggling to be calm and cannot calm my nervous system, or feel like I am anxious or shaking inside, but even yoga or exercise or meditation cannot stop that feeling of trembling, I really feel furious and hopeless and paralyzed.

[bicentennial_baby]

52. Ooh, I felt like that yesterday...

It was *awful*. :(

:hug:

[Aristus]

53. People who use "literally" as an intensifier instead of a modifier.

n/t

[BlueIris]

66. My thing is people who use "transitioning" as if it were an actual word.

And then call it an "intransitive verb" as justification.

[otherlander]

54. Guys walking around with Hell's Angels jackets

who aren't Hell's Angels. Also, the actual Hell's Angels piss me off beyond a reasonable degree.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

55. What you said

about the dog does it for me too.... I freak right out. The dog has this happy face with a big, old cat turd that is coated with sand -- she acts like it is some gourmet almond rocca candy as she prances past with that stink-butt-cigar in her teeth!!!!! Ahhhhhh!

The cat bringing the outdoors into the house pisses me off and I scream like an idiot... He will bring in all kinds of crap that is covered in dirt and crud and tear it apart... YUCK but he likes to bring still alive things in and let them go free!

The Bush administration -

Seeing a pro Bush bumper sticker -- I have gone mental seeing those things....

I saw a Fred Thompson For President sticker about a week ago and had to restrain my left hand from going out the window with the middle finger "Hi!" sign....

Someone telling me that "Jesus loves you!" makes me nuts...

Those emails from older ladies that are full of platitudes and sickening crap... I hate them.

[crim son]

56. Lioness, I really don't think that's irrational!

Rather, it seems grounded in good sense (or good taste, at least). Irrationally angry: me, when I am interrupted during my very necessary "quiet time" during the day. I start to lose my mind if I can't isolate two or three hours daily to do my own thing and if I've set aside the time and then somebody dares to call or drop by, it's all I can do not to scream with annoyance.

[sakabatou]

58. When people don't realize that

their being annoying as hell, even after you've told them.

[ThomCat]

94. People who use "their" when they mean "they're."

:P

[southerncrone]

59. Spills. Don't know why they upset me so. Guess they represent unnecessary housework!

I hate housework! :thumbsdown:

[GRLMGC]

60. People who change lanes w/o signaling

It drives me insane and makes me want to punch the driver in the face.

Actually, driving, in general, brings out the worst in me. When I'm driving, everybody else is my enemy, haha.

[emilyg]

65. Me, too.

[Mugu]

84. I also agree.

There are times when I feel that driving should be a contact sport.

Regards, Mugu

[Wcross]

75. Thats YOUR problem!

You really ought to have your ESP checked. You are supposed to KNOW what they are thinking.
:sarcasm:

Along the same lines, people who don't signal they are turning so you have to wait until they actually turn before you can pull out onto the road. I always shout out "Thanks for the turn signal dumbass" if their window is open. I have gotten a few reactions from that one.

[Glorfindel]

61. Movies in which a dog (or dogs) die..."Old Yeller"

and "Where the Red Fern Grows," for example. I can watch entire planets of human beings explode, but one dying dog just tears me apart. Irrational, of course, but I can't help it. :cry:

[zanne]

77. They always die!

That's why I don't watch movies where an animal is the main character--they always kill them off in the end.

[cobalt1999]

62. My daughters cat.

Damn thing walks around demanding food and attention like it owns the place and we are it's servants. I keep saying to it, "Keep it up cat and you and me are going shark fishing". It must understand on some level as it doesn't come anywhere near me.

The dogs feel the same way. They are always looking at the cat and then looking to me for permission to take it apart. Alas, I have to tell them..."Sorry guys, but NO". They still have hope though, everyday they give me the PLEASE, HOW ABOUT TODAY? look.

[mvd]

63. The Philadelphia Eagles - LOL

Partly because Reid won't say anything substantive in his press conferences. It's always "gotta work on that." At least I have the Phillies, though! The sky's the limit with them this year.

[Burma Jones]

70. Flying..........

[rbnyc]

71. ketchup

I just hate it so much. I have a hard time eating if anyone around me is using ketchuip because of the smell. My son loves it, so now sometimes he gets some on me. I have to go wash with soap and water. If I use my dinner napkin to clean it, I need a whole new napkin.

When I was pregnant, I could smell if someone tore open a ketchup packet from 3 floors down.

[Wcross]

72. This will solve that particular problem.

http://clevercatinnovations.com/(S(esi54xfjaxquka454p5p1255))/top_entry_litterbox_order.aspx

You can buy them at most major pet stores. I had that problem with my dogs until I bought these litter boxes. Problem solved. Hope it makes your life a little better!

[cynatnite]

74. My son peeing outside...

I've been told boys do it and to not be surprised, but it drives me batshit crazy. Caught my boy doing it and chewed him out. Husband sat on the couch reading his magazine and didn't say a word which means 'No big deal...I did it as a kid, but I'm not going to say a word because I'll get in trouble'.

Logically speaking this should rank at the bottom of the list as for priorities in life, but I hate it, I tell ya', I hate it.

[Shine]

76. When people change the plan without telling me.

rude behavior REALLY pisses me off. :grr:

[cynatnite]

79. People who don't read the directions...

this is another one that occured to me. I've seen people, my husband being one of them, who put something together or makes something, but doesn't not follow the directions. Then they get upset because it didn't turn out right.

I mean :wtf: There are directions! Read them! :banghead:

See what I mean? Drives me batshit insane.

[AllegroRondo]

80. people who have to touch my arm or back when they talk to me

I nearly slugged someone who did that yesterday. its just a reaction.

[lightningandsnow]

81. Same here

I HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT when people touch me without my permission. Really, it makes me super-uncomfortable.

[Deep13]

89. Ewww. Creepy! nt

[taught_me_patience]

85. People who chew with their mouths open (eom)

[Deep13]

86. Seeing random questions on the internet.

:cry:

[Arugula Latte]

88. Reba McIntyre

Gawd, just the sight of her ugly cross-eyed mug makes my stomach lurch. Throw in her stupid fundie/Repukian views and I just about gag.



x( :puke:

[WilliamPitt]

90. Not being able to find my glasses.

:grr:

[TrogL]

91. Water

I found a workaround at the dentist. I was constantly freaking out getting sprayed by the dental tools. I found if I'm allowed to hold and control the curved saliva suction thing, that sense of control over the situation (no matter how delusional) allowed me to cope.

I go to a teaching clinic at the University and they use me as example of an offbeat problem with an offbeat solution. Good dentists cope. Authoritarian types freak out (and then I freak out) and the appointment goes downhill from there.

[Writer]

92. Honestly?

Witnessing a person slap a two-dimensional label on another person.

Also: Militant identity politics.

[Breeze54]

93. I'm never irrationally upset.

I usually have a perfectly, logical reason to be upset.
Usually it's someone else causing my upset, by doing
something really stupid, that screws my life up and/or
causes me inconvenience unnecessarily. That upsets me.