Dont know if I'm posting in the right place, but I'm almost 30 and I still get stuck when trying to retort if someone speaks to me in a way that I don't like.
A recent example: we're house-hunting in a competitive rental market. I've seen a house I really like and want to view it but as there are tenants currently in the property, it's dragging on.
The property isnt ready to move into until March but it is being publicly advertised. I called the agent just and they said "Like I said to you yesterday" [this in a curt/huffy tone] "the house still has tenants in and is not ready to move into yet anyway"
:-?
It's then I said "I appreciate that. I also appreciate that your office is busy ... I don't want you to forget"
"We haven't forgotten"
It was only after I put the phone down that I thought I could have said 'well, if the tenants aren't ready to move yet, why is it being advertised?'
My issue isn't with the agent. This incident has just highlighted something about my responses that irritate me - in that I'm slow to retort and/or then make apologies for myself when I don't actually think I've really done anything wrong!
Help me, please!
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MolotovCocktail · 08/01/2013 09:40
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