To find people who think they are superior to everyone else very intimidating and hard to deal with?

[Prinny1]

Am I the only person who finds this type of person very intimidating?

I don't mean people that are confident. I mean people who think that they're better than everyone else and who speak in a sneery way and always big themselves up whilst putting down the person that they're speaking to.

The most recent person I have come across who is like this is a woman who attends a kids activity that I take DS to each week. I am seriously considering not going anymore as I find her so intimidating and she always wants to chat to me, ie brag about herself and her children whilst making constant sneaky put downs about me and my children/car/house/job.

I dont find them intimidating because the reason why they are that way is because they are insecure. Secure people don't need to brag. So when I meet them I just smile vaguely and think how glad I am that I don't have their insecurities.

I sometimes find them annoying, but most often it's just funny.
I guess I filter them out though.
You could always just be glued to your phone!

Think about it... You're willing to let one idiotic person dictate what you do and where you go. That's just silly. All you have to do is completely disengage. Give a quick hello and busy yourself with other people. If she corners you, you suddenly have a phone call to make, whatever, just give a "bye" and turn on your heel and walk away. Take control and leave her in the dust.

No I don’t and I’m easily intimidated. The reason being I don’t take this person seriously, I always feel they are trying to prove something therefore are insecure about who they are. I feel sorry for them really.

However I am intimated by women who are confident and chat freely in big groups of women! Not sure why!

Bring a book and don't give her a second glance!

Narcissists? Yep they're a flipping nightmare.

I just find that this type of person always speaks loudly, has a tone to their voice of 'I'm the best, and you're scum' whenever they speak to anyone, and even though everyone else probably sees through them they end up having everything revolving around them.

I've genuinely never ever met this type of person. Or possibly more accurately no one has ever behaved like this round me. But I am not easily intimidated and from what I understand I can be intimidating, I never ever big myself up, I down play and don't talk about myself.

I don't really understand why I am intimidating, I think it's a mix of confidence, don't give a shit, and aloofness. My friends don't see it and are be,used by it. My work colleagues, bosses and acquantances do and comment on it.

I suspect that's why no one has ever pulled the shit your talking about in front of me. I'd also say my female friends are the same. They have mouths on them and take no shit, and are hugely confident, and I suspect they also wouldn't recognise this behaviour.

Sadly I think what you're describing is a form of bullying.

Just be careful that you are not mistaking their tone of voice and reading something where there isn't anything, because i see it all too often. Particularly likely to happen if you are very different to the person talking.
Some people seem to think I'm a snob because I amn't interested in fashion shopping, so I don't know the shops they are talking about