b/t a scale of 1-10...how sensitive are you?

[Dancing Fire]

with 1 being very sensitive and 10 being the least. do you have thick skins?

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Online I''ve got a pretty thick skin, but I dish it out so I expect to get some back in return. I''d say I''m an 8 online. IRL I''m much more sensitive, like maybe a 6?

 

[iheartscience]

I''m not sensitive at all. I''d say I''m probably a 9. I don''t have a heart!

 

[TravelingGal]

Since you mean sensitive ourselves and not in our behavior toward others....

On Pricescope, very thick skinned...probably a 9. IRL, I''m the same. The only one who can really get my goat is TGuy.

 

[joflier]

I''m pretty good natured and laid back. I just roll with it all, mostly. I''d say an 8.

 

[tlh]

If I don''t know you... like a 9-10.

If I do, and YOU KNOWINGLY press my buttons, I''m not really sensitive, I just call you a turd to your face. Better out than in, festering and rotting and *wishing* you said something just make you miserable.

 

[kenny]

Of course everyone will rate themselves high.
This is like asking, "Do you consider yourself to be right about things?"

I suspect if we rated each other the numbers would not be so high.
Sensitivity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.


Oh, and of course I'm a 10.

 

[Allison D.]

15

 

[upgrade]

I''d say IRL I''m probably a 4 or 5... I could stand to toughen up! Online, probably more like a 6?

 

[Sizzle]

I''d give myself an overall 8. Because certain people could easily hurt my feelings, but the average person, i just blow off.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 1/5/2010 11:57:11 AM
Author: kenny
Of course everyone will rate themselves high.
This is like asking, ''Do you consider yourself to be right about things?''

I suspect if we rated each other the numbers would not be so high.
Sensitivity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.


Oh, and of course I''m a 10.

Sensitivity comes from whether you care what other people think about you. As you age, you care less and less. So it makes sense that the more, erm, mature posters here would be higher on your scale.

This is why old biddies where ugly comfy shoes. They probably know those shoes are ugly, but they feel good, so screw you and your opinions.

 

[Rachel9]

I dunno, ask my bullets

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Date: 1/5/2010 11:59:11 AM
Author: Allison D.
15

I can confirm this, you''re a tough cookie.

 

[purrfectpear]

19+

Nothing fazes me.

 

[soocool]

I will say somewhere in the middle 5/6 depending on what the issue is. I am sensitive about my parenting skills and if anyone says anything about my DH or DD, but otherwise I could care less what most people say. If it comes from someone I love a great deal then I am probably more sensitive than if it came from a casual friend or a complete stranger.

 

[gemgirl]

I''m too sensitive. It would embarrassing to put a number on it. If someone can tell me how to develope a tougher skin, I''m all ears. I don''t like being this way.

 

[jewelz617]

Like a 9. Growing up in my huge Irish Boston family it was get tough or get out! The problem I run into online as opposed to real life is I sound much more abrasive online and it''s not intentional. In real life I''m actually extremely soft spoken and I avoid conflict when possible.

 

[elrohwen]

For me it really depends. I can easily take a joke and don''t really take offense to anything, so for that alone I would probably be an 8 or 9. However, when it comes to certain things, I can be very thin skinned, though I''m working to be less so. I think I just take things too personally (usually business related things). So I''m probably a 5 if you combine both of those traits together.

 

[radiantquest]

I am quite sensitive. I would have to say I am somewhere below 5. That said, I get over it quickly. So I will get my feelings hurt easily, and then after a few minutes I am ok with it.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 1/5/2010 12:28:00 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 1/5/2010 11:57:11 AM
Author: kenny
Of course everyone will rate themselves high.
This is like asking, ''Do you consider yourself to be right about things?''

I suspect if we rated each other the numbers would not be so high.
Sensitivity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.


Oh, and of course I''m a 10.

Sensitivity comes from whether you care what other people think about you. As you age, you care less and less. So it makes sense that the more, erm, mature posters here would be higher on your scale.

This is why old biddies where ugly comfy shoes. They probably know those shoes are ugly, but they feel good, so screw you and your opinions.

Yup. Exactly. Don''t dis me for my granny panties (hey, no lines!) and my low heels. You can''t shame me!

I was just saying to the DH the other day. . . you reach a point in your life when you''re just . . . ready to say. . . "(blank) you and the horse you rode in on" . . . to many people, for many reasons. Of course, the underlying reason would be that you don''t care anymore about conforming to someone else''s ideas of the WHO, WHAT, and WHEN of your life. You reach the half century mark and you realize just how little time you have left; who wants to waste it playing someone else''s game?

Sensitivity? 10. I''m a big girl now. I don''t need permission or approval, so if I get neither . . . so what?

 

[upgrade]

Date: 1/5/2010 12:28:00 PM
Author: TravelingGal
Sensitivity comes from whether you care what other people think about you. As you age, you care less and less. So it makes sense that the more, erm, mature posters here would be higher on your scale.

This is why old biddies where ugly comfy shoes. They probably know those shoes are ugly, but they feel good, so screw you and your opinions.

This is so true. I''d say I was a 2 or 3 when I was younger. I''ve managed to hit a 5 in my thirties and I''m hoping to get into the 7 or 8 range by my fourties...

 

[Steel]

It depends on the situation. About a 9 or 10; in general I''m tough but in private or with DH I am a softie.

 

[MissMina]

I''d say I''m a 5
But I get my jollies from killing people with kindness
So no one suspects

 

[AdiS]

Usually around 8-9 with people I don''t know well or don''t care about. With the few people I really love, 2-3. People who have access to your heart can hurt you most.

 

[Bella_mezzo]

Online I''m a 9-10, IRL I''m a 6-7 (it'';s tricky b/c I can distance myself from situations, and be a pretty tough cookie at work, but at the heart of it I''m very empathetic--a strange balance) On personality tests I always end up at each extreme of the spectrum so I guess it''s not a suprise that my toughness factor is similar

 

[monarch64]

Date: 1/5/2010 1:03:10 PM
Author: gemgirl
I''m too sensitive. It would embarrassing to put a number on it. If someone can tell me how to develope a tougher skin, I''m all ears. I don''t like being this way.

GG--I think people who are naturally sensitive have to really make a conscious effort to develop a thicker skin/new perspective, etc. I have no idea how one actually goes about doing this. Like anything in life, there are extremes...I think one can be too sensitive, and one can be INsensitive.

Being too sensitive isn''t necessarily a bad thing, imo. It may just mean that you haven''t had the sorts of experiences that some thicker-skinned people have that cause them to put up walls. Would you rather go through life feeling and caring and experiencing a lot of emotion, or go through life going "eh, who cares?"

 

[kenny]

Date: 1/5/2010 2:10:32 PM
Author: upgrade

Date: 1/5/2010 12:28:00 PM

Author: TravelingGal

Sensitivity comes from whether you care what other people think about you. As you age, you care less and less. So it makes sense that the more, erm, mature posters here would be higher on your scale.



This is why old biddies where ugly comfy shoes. They probably know those shoes are ugly, but they feel good, so screw you and your opinions.

This is so true. I'd say I was a 2 or 3 when I was younger. I've managed to hit a 5 in my thirties and I'm hoping to get into the 7 or 8 range by my fourties...

I agree age is a huge factor.
I was very sensitive when young.

We often hear about how terrible it is to be old instead of young, but in many ways age is a blessing.
You finally feel free to be yourself.

 

[CNOS128]

I''m like a -3, but I''m aware of it and can usually compensate well, and talk myself out of being offended by stuff.

 

[yssie]

A 5 with people IRL, a 2 with close loved ones, and a 7 online?



A 5 is an improvement over a few years ago!

 

[jas]

I''m a 1.

And I''m really upset that you even posted this question.