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07-08-2015 08:48 PM
07-08-2015 08:49 PM
07-08-2015 09:07 PM
@Moonchilde wrote:
Maaany of the tabloid threads were a type of baiting. I think that's one reason QVC said not on the new forum. Posting anything tabloidish is almost guaranteed to go into trashing, racism, inappropriate language and insults. It's pretty much a given.
They said that? I missed it. Sometimes people posted celebrity news like stories about William and Kate which I found interesting since I never read it elsewhere.
07-08-2015 09:35 PM
In one word - my ex. He's the president of that club.
07-08-2015 09:44 PM - edited 07-08-2015 09:46 PM
07-08-2015 11:05 PM
OMG Scotttie, you are dead ON with the Marie Barone example. She is the Queen of Passive-Aggressive Behavior!
07-09-2015 03:51 AM
Easy! The drivers in Silicon Valley CA.
07-09-2015 06:16 AM
07-09-2015 07:10 AM
@RainCityWoman wrote:I guess I have a different picture of passive aggressiveness as a teacher. My observations have been in the student who very calmly ignores, dismisses, and refuses to do assignments, participate, meet deadlines, knowing full well that there will be punihment at home. There is no flair of temper, no verbal abuse...just a calm, silent rejection of the situation. It was the one thing that a student would know his parents couldn't control, regardless of what the end result would be. In the student's mind, he or she had won the battle no matter what he faced at home.
When I was teaching, I saw many high school boys exhibit this kind of passive-aggressive behavior. They would cut it so close to not graduating because they knew it would cause such a stir. Parents would rant and rave, teachers and counselors would bend over backwards to offer help, and the student would just sit there acting smug. Then they would usually finally do the minimum to pass the class.
I think passive-aggressive behavior can be either conscious or subconscious. Some do it with the intent to hurt someone, but others have this kind of behavior ingrained deeply in their behavior patterns and don't recognize it in themselves.
07-09-2015 07:19 AM
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