How do you handle confrontations?

[JDgreen]

Like the saying goes...
"It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it"
same goes when dealing with people... :smile:KennyV

I think the quotation was from Abraham Lincoln..."better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"....:laughing:

 

[RobertBrown]

I think the quotation was from Abraham Lincoln..."better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"....:laughing:

I thought it was Ben Frankiln said that! Whoops I should have kept my mouth shut

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Silence is the best option. I haven't solved anything wholesomely by my temper. Good thing that I'm doing well in learning how to be less confrontational. When my temper really goes up, I would at least delay the "eruption" until I'm in front of a wall that I can punch with my fist. The wound on my fist would later remind me about the futility of anger.

That's me as well. I'm rather large, (6'4" 260) so when I explode, it generally scares hell out of people and mostly ends the confrontation. But it doesn't do a hell of a lot for my health. Past few years, I've been trying the arched eyebrow, rather than raising bloodpressure. It's something that says "Are you sure you want to go down this road?" At least it seemed to get people to think about what morons they were being. I'll take a dressing down if I think I deserve it, but no further than that. Act like you've got me right where you want me, and I'll strike back. Since I've retired, I'm far less apt to get into a confrontation, but if I do, I haven't really changed.:ashamed: