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To wonder if anyone else has character traits they try to control because they feel are "not very nice"?

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Salmotrutta · 29/11/2011 21:34

I have the following character traits which I am not very proud of - and consequently try to squash them:

a) Very intolerant of annoying people - sometimes I have to sit on my hands to avoid slapping them. Blush
b) Can become enraged over trivial domestic issues (e.g. jars I cannot open/electrical items that stop working) Blush.
c) Impatient - I am often to be caught out drumming my fingers with irritation when DH (or anyone else for that matter) causes a delay by faffing about or chatting to people for aaaaaages. Blush
d) I have to be "right" - even when I'm wrong. And I hate admitting I'm wrong Grin

I find I'm getting better with age - I'm maybe mellowing ?

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KatieScarlett2833 · 01/12/2011 17:40

I am very very politely sharp with idiots people.

It's not nice at all and am very aware of it ....afterwards.

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elesbells · 01/12/2011 17:47

bad tempered here too....Blush

I hate driving...it's when the worst of me comes out. I rant and rave at everyone who gets in my way..it's ridiculous (and I know it but I can't stop it)

my mood is always worse when I'm hungry though.

KatieScarlett2833 · 01/12/2011 17:49

LeQ

You have just described me to a T, including poor MIL (who is not very bright and spouts the DM as if it were the holy last word on everything).

I am amazed at people who say "I should've said xyz" when telling me about a past confrontation. I never, ever have that problem, the words just flow effortlessly.

I can't help myself. I have an alcoholic aunt who I have been told is terrified by me. In my defence she is an arse of the highest order..... but still .....Blush

OneHandFlapping · 01/12/2011 17:54

I am arrogant, supercilious and lazy. I also have the ability to get the wrong end of the stick, or say the inadvertantly hurtful thing EVERY TIME.

Strangely I have an extended family who love me and want to see me, and friends ditto.

Candid · 01/12/2011 18:05

I am quite a chilled out person but when I get angry, I'm crazily angry. It does take a lot to push me but I have broken things and caused damage in utter rage. I'm not proud of it but really understand the expression 'see red'.
Not surprisingly, it's usually only dh that can bring me that state.

As an oldest sibling, I have the tendency to be a bit bossy. I do try not to be as I know it's very annoying. My sister told me so Blush Grin

IslaValargeone · 01/12/2011 18:18

I'm ashamed to say I am prone to episodes of schadenfreude, but only if it's someone whose life always goes swimmingly bloody well all the time. I find myself thinking "Thank God something shitty has happened to them for once"
Yes I know, I am truly horrid, you don't have to tell me.

ExquisiteChristmasCake · 01/12/2011 18:24

I'm quite up high a-stride my high horse. I like it here. Am somewhat a dreadful snob and hate slow moving people...old,senile it doesn't matter it enrages me and I feel bad about the fact I don't feel bad about it.

33goingon64 · 01/12/2011 18:40

I have a complete inability to live and let live and I know I can't control it so I don't bother.

IwoulddoPachacuti · 01/12/2011 18:51

A lot of these already mentioned

I'm jealous, insecure, bitchy, paranoid, bossy......it's a wonder I have actually got any friends!! Hmm

I like to think I have some nice qualities......Grin

hiddenhome · 01/12/2011 18:51

I swear and I feel irritated by people a lot. I'm also a lot bit judgey Hmm

deviladvocate · 01/12/2011 21:45

I read some of my old school reports recently. It was quite remarkable how often my supercilious, aloof manner was mentioned. I found myself thinking perhaps if they'd been better at their jobs I might have treated them with a little more respect.

Clearly I have not changed dramatically in the (many) intervening years... Blush

MillyR · 01/12/2011 21:51

Often people's faults are also their best qualities, depending on the situation and the use they put their character traits to.

LePruneDeMaTante · 01/12/2011 22:41

I don't deal with self-aggrandizing, vain people well. Just one sniff of an ego-massaging agenda and I go into shutdown. It's not a fun way to live, since nobody else seems to mind too much. I love hearing about good people doing good things; I can spot an egotist a mile off though. There's no fine line for me.

I also can't bear those very sociable women you see who are totally empty-headed, but really good at 'keeping it light' - I just think: but you're a fraud! None of what you just said was interesting! I can never understand why those people aren't rumbled but I've come to accept that the rest of the world is probably not wrong and therefore it's just me.

I procrastinate like nothing you've ever seen. I achieve very little, I think. Sometimes I forget this and then I remember how little I contribute relative to others.

I have a terrible temper and a bit of an acid tongue. Withering. It hardly ever comes out now.

I bear grudges for throwaway comments that I really ought to just let go.

I'm a complete control freak in a family of control freaks who pretend not to be (the ILs). It makes me slightly murderous. I try to control the feelings of rage but am quite spiky with them sometimes.

I take it to heart very much when people don't make an effort with me/us or recognise my effort, and then I realise later that they were having a very hard time and probably needed quite a bit more from their friends at that time. I'm terrible at seeing that at the right time.

I could go on in this vein all evening Grin

I also drink too much and eat too much cake. (But not tonight Smile)

Birnamwood · 01/12/2011 23:40

I am very intolerant of stupid/uninteresting people and I don't suffer fools gladly.

This is becoming harder and harder to control around my MIL (who is coming to visit tomorrow and my hackles are up already Angry) I am at my wits end as to how to deal with her, she's not nasty, just, well, a bit thick (not trying to be nasty but it's the nearest word to describe her)

She has an annoying habit of finishing my sentences for me and she finds it impossible to be quiet, if she's not speaking she's humming or saying 'eh', 'hmmm' or other noises (I do think she possibly has some ocd problems), she rarely has her own opinion on anything and is generally a bit wet and goes on and on about her health problems in an 'oh woe is me' kind of way. I'm a pick yourself up and get on with it sort of person and I find the whole experience of being around her irrationally infuriating, evidently wrongly so as other people find her lovely. I try really, really hard to bite my tongue and haven't said anything yet but I'm this close to snapping Shock and I don't want to.

Has anyone PLEASE got any tips on how to deal with her? (Sorry, OP, for the hijack Thanks)

TalcAndTurnips · 02/12/2011 00:11

I'm more than a doormat; I'm the ornate cast iron boot-scaper next to it Sad

I'm not very good at saying no to people; I end up doing things I really don't want to/have time for Sad

I'm probably the most aggravatingly cheery and conciliatory person you could meet - I would be mortified if I upset someone with off-hand or moody behaviour. This may sound like a reasonable trait to some, but for some reason it annoys the feck out of certain people. They want to revel in other's downfall and misery, I think Sad

I am utterly shit at accepting compliments; it's probably a bit of lack of self-esteem that I can't imagine why anybody would want to compliment me Sad

passionsrunhigh · 02/12/2011 00:32

a jolly thread!Grin

passionsrunhigh · 02/12/2011 00:35

OP, all of your mentioned issues come to one - it's all about control (I relate to that very well myself, unfortunately!). It's extemely hard to let go and let other people and things 'just be', 'just not work', isnnit?

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DoesNotGiveAFig · 02/12/2011 09:07

Temper, impatient, can be too self centred at times. I am HIDEOUS when I am hungry and I just can't control it - blind rage followed by crying. I can be too bitchy although I am much better at keeping it to myself now.

Bit paranoid too.

I am an AWFUL drunk - obnoxious, loud and annoying, and if I've something worrying/bad on my mind I then cry.

I can be very inappropriate without realising in terms of bodily functions and what I say, I'll happily swear and talk of lewd things and have offended sensibilities before now, even one of my best friends told me to shut up (pub, few drinks). Farts & burps don't bother me and sometimes I forget they bother others!

DoesNotGiveAFig · 02/12/2011 09:11

I also can't bear those very sociable women you see who are totally empty-headed, but really good at 'keeping it light' - I just think: but you're a fraud! None of what you just said was interesting! I can never understand why those people aren't rumbled but I've come to accept that the rest of the world is probably not wrong and therefore it's just me.

It is NOT just you, I feel exactly this!

DoesNotGiveAFig · 02/12/2011 09:12

People also annoy me!

LePruneDeMaTante · 02/12/2011 09:13

(only don't fart on me please)

molepomandmistletoe · 02/12/2011 09:21

I swear
Too honest to the point I dont realise I'm hurting people
Impatient
Bad tempered over the most irritaing little things
Stubborn

I KNOW I am all these things and am trying to do something about them..it's not easy though.

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