Are you more 'uptight' then you used to be?

[Breeze54]

Do the little things set you off? Do you long for the 'good old days'?

You know, way back when people knew each other and treated each other like a family member?

Do you feel like reaching out sometimes and just slapping the shit out of someone for being so callous or ignorant?

Tell us about it. :P

[w8liftinglady]

1. i'm an old fart....

[Breeze54]

2. No you aren't at all!! You are the bomb!!

I don't actually use that term in real life.

'The Bomb' but I figured you'd know what I meant.

:yourock:

Cheer up!! What's the matter?

:hug:

You aren't alone.

Tell your kid not to join the military. :hug:

[DarkTirade]

3. Worst part is... I've found myself referring to teenagers as 'punks' now and then.

[Breeze54]

18. I've caught myself doing that and it started for me, when

I saw it posted on DU more and more!! :rofl:

I have to stop that. :P

[Lil Missy]

4. No. I am much less uptight since I sent my ex packing.

But, it was sure a lot of gruesome work and misery to get to that point, and wore me the fuck out.

[Breeze54]

20. Ugh.... I went through that and it took awhile for me to relax

my ex had me tearing my hair out! Glad you made it out! :hi:

[CreekDog]

5. Much less than I used to be

but still fairly onery. :hi:

[Breeze54]

30. My new inlaws, way back when, used to call me

ornery. In fact, I'd never heard that word before then. I had to look it up to see what they meant. :P

Being ornery can be a good thing! :hi:

[Crazy Dave]

6. Less uptight about the little things...

...more uptight about racist bigots, fundamentalists and homophobes though

[Crazy Dave]

11. Never mind

Delete

[Breeze54]

29. I hear that.

I am more aware of what people say and how they say it.

Sometimes it raises my eyebrows and sometimes I call them on it.

[mnhtnbb]

7. I have no patience for any frustration anymore. I feel like a time bomb.

Between the sorry state of the country and the destruction wrought by the Bushies along with the complacency of so many elected Dems and citizens at large, and personal losses/battles over the last
few years of my life, I feel completely battered.

To top it off, my son was held up at gunpoint (by a guy with a sawed off shotgun) a week ago in broad daylight. WTF is this world coming to?

:wtf:

[Breeze54]

21. I was feeling that way too but something changed for me after the primaries.

Maybe it was just the tension from the primaries that was getting to me.

I remember you talking about your son being robbed.

I hope they catch those guys and I'm glad he's OK!

[moriah]

8. Can you add an option for "Get off my damn lawn!"?

*grin*

I have noticed myself being generally more irritable lately.

Like, there's a really sweet chick at work. Last night it was just me and her. She gets it kind of rough from some of the other people that work there -- she used to be a lead, then left the company, then was asked to come back but not in a lead position. There was resentment when she was made a team lead (a few others had more seniority but she was better at the job than they), and so when she came back as a regular tech she's been getting a lot of grief from those who worked under her at that time.

When it's just me and her... she talks to herself. Constantly. She says she's not talking to me, but she constantly is exclaiming over things -- when I hear "Oh crap" at work, I get worried, thinking someone's broken something or a server is down in a very bad way. When she does it, it's over something very tiny and petty and not a big deal. She does get herself worked up over things that aren't serious, but a lot of that is because of the resentment from others issue -- her work is constantly scrutinized by people trying to get her fired, so naturally she's jumpy.

Last night I had a headache and was irritable, and wanted to smack her if she said one more word. But that's the one night of the week she gets to work and not deal with the main troublemaker in the office, so I can't jump her case. I just gritted my teeth.

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I have also noticed that I have become unable to deal with people who drink excessively when they're drunk. My mom had an alcohol problem when I was younger but I was able to deal with it. She got cleaned up and drinks only rarely, but she also had gastric bypass surgery in the interim. Then her doctor started prescribing her sleeping pills -- Klonopin, not really serious sleeping pills, but enough that two glasses of wine rushing very quickly into her bloodstream from her newly altered gut on top of it made her just SLOPPY. She broke her wrist falling like that, she's got osteoporosis, and I just couldn't stand to be near her when she was drinking and pilling. There are a few other people I know with alcohol issues that are absolutely wonderful people when they're sober, but I want to smack them when they're drunk.

The funny thing is, I used to be able to deal with them very well, better than most others.

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And I did have a "Get off my damn lawn!" moment. We had a secondary driveway, and it was right next to our bedroom window. We work nights. Some kids started skateboarding in the afternoons out there on it, and it would wake me up. And waking me up is a bad thing.

So yeah, those damn kids....

[Breeze54]

22. You seem like a great co-workers and fairly tolerent and forgiving.

Good for you understanding her position. It';s difficult for women working
in a male dominated industry, such as technical support. I know. I was one.

She has a good friend in you! :toast:

[Debi]

9. The day Debi, Jr. was born it started

and keeps getting worse. Like I never smoked/drank/swore/had sex/skipped school/played pranks/told little white lies/told BIG whopper lies :wtf: What happened to me?????

[Breeze54]

23. Parenthood changes all of us! Things i didn't give 2 shits about,

became front and center! It does get better as they get older but my sister popped my balloon
last week when I was complaining about my youngest's behavior on certain things and she said,
"You've still got a ways to go, even though he's "legal" now. He's just getting started and
trying to put all the pieces together. It took my son until he was 25 years old and it takes
boys longer!" She made me want to :cry: ! :rofl: I was so looking forward to anxiety free time
but it's just beginning on that back end! She's right, of course. I was pushing it.

We'll get there. Eventually they move out! :toast:

[KG]

10. less. getting harder to give a shit about anything anymore.

:(

[VenusRising]

24. ...

:hug:

[Breeze54]

25. Well, just think? Bush will be gone in 5 months!!!

:woohoo: We're getting closer to losing that asshole!! :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

12. Way more laid back then before

Not much pisses me off anymore. The drugs are working just fine.

[Breeze54]

26. LMAO!

:toast:

[terrya]

13. I sure am.

In quite a few ways, I'm getting into "grumpy old man" mode. I particularly deplore the lack of manners and just general politeness today. It really wasn't like this when I was growing up.

[Breeze54]

27. I hear you on that. People are to busy to take the 2 secs. for Thank You or Please.

I agree. That bugs me too but I also have experienced a lot of people who try to be helpful
and are polite. I'm thinking about store clerks right now. It wasn't like that when I was
growing up either. People would freak out if you were rude to someone in public and they'd
let you know too! That's kind of what I meant by "the good old days" but I do know a lot
of teens that are polite too. The arrogant asholes seem to be the mid-life rich types that
only care about themselves.

[Chan790]

14. Less uptight...

not hard to be less uptight though...I used to be a Catholic seminary student, militant pro-lifer, College Republican...anything else that fits under that heading.

It's hard to be uptight when you're not judgmental anymore.

[RadiationTherapy]

15. More. Mostly because of turn signals.

[Breeze54]

28. That drives me nuts!!

They waste my time by not using them, and I sit using gas, waiting for them to go
by me, so I can get out of the driveway and then they turn before they get to me!! :grr:

[Breeze54]

16. Wow! I apologize for not getting back to this poll. I didn't mean to forget it and

the answers are so thoughtful and honest and interesting and funny and right on and I can relate to everything everyone said so far!
I feel much better! I like to think I'm less uptight but I find myself sometimes letting things really get to me and I hate it when I do that because it wastes my energy and I guess it means I still haven't learned that lesson, that I can't change other people, I can only change me but I keep trying anyway!! :P I've found myself saying things I never used to say at all and I have to stop and think, who are you!? Who is that speaking? Like people that drive to fast, especially through school area's. They just piss me off!! And the hypocritical thing is I like to drive fast too but I am more careful where I do that and when and it isn't down main st at 2 PM when school is getting out!! I guess other people being inconsiderate is what really irks me to no end. Selfish people who cut in line or that kind of thing. Or people who ask about facts but won't bother to look them up themselves and when you do give them some, they give you a ration of shit! As if they were MY facts!! :crazy: I'm talking to much here. The coffee must be finally kicking in!! Thanks for all the responses! Very interesting read! :hi:

[SPKrazy]

17. Believe it or not, I'm less uptight

I don't long for the good old days

Sometimes I do have these ideas of slapping the shit out of people, or giving them a big kiss :rofl: interchangeable fantasy :P

[Breeze54]

19. You are laid back, SPW and a lot of fun! - But you're sig line ....

says different or am I missing the meaning?

"I'm hanging by a slender thread....."

:toast:

Wish I had some beer to toast with today!

[SPKrazy]

31. No, the meaning is...

I'm hanging by a slender thread... I'm at the freaking edge of sanity.

Somehow, I'm still more laid back than I was at one time :crazy:

scary eh?

:D

:toast: with root beer!

[SarahB]

32. I'm so chill.

I lost my edit button. Or so I'm always told. :yoiks:

[Awsi Dooger]

33. Trying to be less uptight, but there are tests all the time

Like losing an eBay auction in the final 2 seconds an hour ago.

[Skittles]

34. I've always wanted to slap the shit out of people

yes INDEED

[Callalily]

35. I think I'm more tolerant as

I get older, although I do have my moments. ;)

[Pierre.Suave]

36. Do you feel like reaching out sometimes and just slapping the shit out of someone

Yes.