Do you find it easy to 'agree to disagree'.....

[Maisie]

or do you refuse to rest until the other person caves in and agrees with you?

 

[Haven]

I find it easy to agree to disagree. Or rather, I find it easy to accept that others don't agree with me, and move on.

When I do clarify a point around here, it's usually because I am trying to ensure that I've made my meaning clear, rather than an attempt to win over anyone's opinion. I wish I could express myself more clearly, and with more concision, but alas, I cannot.

I tend to believe that people who cannot agree to disagree are actually insecure about their position, and thus need the companionship of fellow agreement to feel better about or confident in the position they've chosen to take. I could be wrong, but that's how it usually appears to me.

 

[HollyS]

I await, with bated breath, the less than completely honest answers from those who have never relinquished their bone to another PS dog. Ever.

C'mon, now. Don't y'all disappoint me.

 

[Maisie]

I await, with bated breath, the less than completely honest answers from those who have never relinquished their bone to another PS dog. Ever.

C'mon, now. Don't y'all disappoint me.

 

[zoebartlett]

Honestly, no. I'm a very stubborn person, and when I disagree with someone (like my husband, for example), I have a hard time letting go and moving on. I'm not very good at the whole agree-to-disagree thing. I need to work on that.

ETA: I should clarify. When I wrote that, I was thinking of my family (my immediate family/husband). It depends on how close I am to someone, and only my family sees my stubborn streak. With friends, it's not an issue really.

 

[HollyS]

I await, with bated breath, the less than completely honest answers from those who have never relinquished their bone to another PS dog. Ever.

C'mon, now. Don't y'all disappoint me.

 

[Maisie]

I'm always right so I never understand why people disagree with me

 

[Haven]

I await, with bated breath, the less than completely honest answers from those who have never relinquished their bone to another PS dog. Ever.

C'mon, now. Don't y'all disappoint me.

Who are you calling a dog, Holly? I will have you know that I am a HUMAN BEING with feelings, and you just hurt them!

 

[HollyS]

I await, with bated breath, the less than completely honest answers from those who have never relinquished their bone to another PS dog. Ever.

C'mon, now. Don't y'all disappoint me.

Who are you calling a dog, Holly? I will have you know that I am a HUMAN BEING with feelings, and you just hurt them!

I do apologize for my name calling. I will immediately send myself to Politically Correct Speaking rehab to overcome my abhorrent tendancies to categorize people, besmirch and stereotype them, and cause hurt and harm.

 

[ksinger]

I will say this, my days of "worrying the bone" were - as I've told others before - less about my positions, than as a major distraction from my real life at the time - a real life in which my mother was dying slowly from ALS. The battles here were an engrossing means of temporary escape from reality. I rarely rarely feel the need to pursue a point like that anymore. God knows I'm opinionated, but I have many friends with whom I'm 180 on many issues, and yet we're still friends at a deep level. Not sure how that happens, but it does. Maybe I'm just a really really nice person IRL.

 

[asscherisme]

When I was younger, yes I found it hard. But the older I have gotten I find it very easy and in fact preferable to agree to disagree. It takes too much energy to try and convince people my point of view.

 

[HollyS]

I will say this, my days of "worrying the bone" were - as I've told others before - less about my positions, than as a major distraction from my real life at the time - a real life in which my mother was dying slowly from ALS. The battles here were an engrossing means of temporary escape from reality. I rarely rarely feel the need to pursue a point like that anymore. God knows I'm opinionated, but I have many friends with whom I'm 180 on many issues, and yet we're still friends at a deep level. Not sure how that happens, but it does. Maybe I'm just a really really nice person IRL.

I believe you probably really really are. In a very hip way, of course.