How do you not be irritated by everyone??

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Is this the curse of being middle aged? Or am I just a miserable old hag? I think I do a pretty good job of containing my seething rage and incomprehension of everyone's idiocy. I smile alot and friendly and chatty. But, wow, it's an effort. I used to love 'people', finding out about them and enjoyed how different we all are. Now I want to live in a cave and never have to have an interaction with anyone I don't already know and like, ever again

Oh my god I love this thread!
I have used to listen & talk to 'new' people and now I cannot be arsed
My youngest is about to leave primary and the other parents in his class are sooo dull when they talk about their kids & Secondary school - get on with it 🙄

I mortified my children in the cinema by whispering loudly 'oh god look at that idiot with their mobile phone out'. What can I say, I'm hard of hearing, getting the right volume can be a struggle. Phone went away quickly though.

Poor customer service omg I thought it was just me 🤗

If you think you are grumpy and intolerant in your 40's just wait till you hit your 60's!

I used to be pretty laid back and easy going. Not any more. I think I honestly hate everyone except DH and my family.

Everyone and everything irritates me. People who don't pick up their dog poo, people who litter, terrible drivers, people who drive past my house doing more than the 30 mile an hour limit, people who walk glued to their mobile phone so never look where they are going, people who talk, use their phone, eat or the most annoying to me, keep going in and out in the cinema. I love going to the cinema but it is almost always ruined by complete and utter tosspots

I just got up and walked out of the room. I wasn't angry/upset/offended. Just couldn't be bothered to listen to his over confident tedious monologue. **

I'm going through this. Ever decreasing circles. Right now it's where I'm at and I'm fine with it.

L'enfer est l'autres. Now I understand what Sartre was on about. Hell is "other people" with a few exceptions

My top 3:

Grown men in skinny jeans with the ankles rolled up.

Anyone that calls people 'guys'.

The thick as a plank people on 'Eat well for less'.

Grown men in skinny jeans with the ankles rolled up.

Adults in polo shirts with the top button done up. It's totally unreasonable for me to find that annoying but it looks silly enough on kids, let alone grown-ups.

I wonder if it's decreasing oestrogen levels that makes is less bothered about making sure other people are happy even if we're bored shitless?

Nah. Because I’m on HRT and I still do not suffer fools gladly.

I know this is a lighthearted thread but I’ve actually been thinking more and more lately that I don’t really like anyone. I obviously love my DH and children but I have a small group of close friends and each one of them irritates me immensely. Same goes for extended family.

Is this hormonal? I just can’t tolerate any bullshit and people seem full of it. I’m only 38,I don’t want this to get much worse or I risk cutting everyone out!!

Maybe its technology related? The generation before us didn't have other people's lives shoved in our faces as much and didn't have the constant availability that we have now. Days could go by without any intrusion from the outside world.

It's hard to achieve that kind of peace nowadays, obviously not impossible, but difficult. If I don't answer a text from a friend within hours they will assume I'm dead in a ditch somewhere.

Social media has made people more show-offy too. One of my friends is on holiday and the photos are coming thick and fast on Facebook. I know I could just get rid of it but then I'd miss out on being nosey. Irrational I know

I was sitting at work last week in a team meeting and I don't think I've ever felt as ragey. The utter bullshit people were coming out with. The office speak. The drama over tiny things. The amount of time spent discussing inconsequential shite when we could just be getting on with the job (social care team manager-there is actually important stuff to do FFS) I've never been so close to just standing up and walking out-just due to how ridiculous people were being.

46. Operate nowadays on a scale where 1 = grumpy, 10 = stabby. Apart from the rare moments with kindred spirits with whom I can still laugh till I cry. I used to pretend to be so sweet. Bleurgh.....not any more. Do not give a monkey's.

Can I come in, sit down quietly, ignore everyone and be ignored?! I have found my people! I started a new job earlier in the year and share an office with others who continually interrupt each other. It is mind numbing!

I'm 48 (today) and irritated by everyone.
That includes DP. Who drains my energy.

*ronically I have found my people!

Now fuck off!* 

Sums it all up for me!

I'm 55 and really can't be arsed with people any more. I work in a customer facing environment too!

Books, coming off Facebook is absolutely great. I don't miss the nosiness factor at all. I realised that left to my own devices I...ssssshhhh...really don't care about what the vast majority of people are up to, however much I like them.

Oh and I care even less what their children are up to!

similarly, on train or bus, i will always ask a person to move their bag from a sit, so I can sit there

I feel no compunction in doing this when there aren’t enough seats (and I’ll not spend long looking for a free seat, either). A few weeks back, I asked someone to move their bag from the aisle seat. I think I was polite, but I obviously did not pad the request out with enough niceties as I mortally offended the person in question to the extent that she then moved seats, making me get up again so she could get out from the window seat. This was after about five minutes of passive aggressive huffing and glaring. It was a wonderful performance but I, not sure it was entirely warranted.

I find myself with a running refrain of ‘Oh, for fuck’s sake’ in my head these days.

I am right now on hold to a helpdesk woman. She keeps saying "Bear with!" to me. I actually feel like hanging up and redialling so i can speak to someone else. My irritation levels are through the roof.

I actually work really really hard on not being grumpy and impatient. But by Christ it gets more of a challenge every day. I’m blaming the menopause, which I currently blame for pretty much everything.

paddling I have a friend who shows me videos on her phone of her kids singin in Young Voices, them doing ballet, them leaping into a pool etc. This is in my local pub where i go to escape my own fricking kids.

I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT GIVE TWO HOOTS ABOUT YOUR KIDS NICOLA!!!

I'm 30 and like this now

Yep me too. Everything and everyone.
Just leave me alone. Don’t want to watch what you’re watching, if I did I’d be watching it!
Glad I live alone.

I'm 46 and relate to just about every post on this thread.

Wanted to change my car recently, car salesman talks to me like I know nothing about cars (turns out I know more than him) and then proceeds to talk money with my DP who was only there to child-wrangle our ds. As the red mist descended I told the car salesman that he was sexist, patronising and good luck getting anyone to buy a car with his badgering sales technique. He told me the car was priced to sell and wouldn't sit long on the forecourt. My reply was "yer arse".

3 months later and the car has been reduced in price and still sitting there.

Every body other than my ds makes me stabby.