tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post8710148456432457505..comments2023-06-07T04:12:07.744-07:00Comments on Two Dogs Blogging: Why some men rage at womentwodogsblogginghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13880551498311725249noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-45470349646784667942007-02-06T07:07:00.000-07:002007-02-06T07:07:00.000-07:00Scout makes an excellent point...nuff said.Scout makes an excellent point...nuff said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-48324739685694922582007-02-05T09:46:00.000-07:002007-02-05T09:46:00.000-07:00Good for you for getting yourself together and goi...Good for you for getting yourself together and going on with the speaking, my dawg.<br />As for the rest of it....I can smell any kind of perpetrator a fricking mile away and that's where I stay -- a mile away from them.<br />Peace,<br />ScoutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-33753071942658632892007-02-05T06:52:00.000-07:002007-02-05T06:52:00.000-07:00There are jerks in all walks of life we just have ...There are jerks in all walks of life we just have to deal with them and it certainly looks like you have :)<br />JJJJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16320055410346200684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-75285661647138270132007-02-05T02:20:00.000-07:002007-02-05T02:20:00.000-07:00i must add, i find women's anger just as poisoniou...i must add, i find women's anger just as poisonious, even though it is rarely expressed in 'rant' form. Because I invariably approch new people when I attend meetings, I have on more occasions than I would have liked, (!!) been on the recieving end of fairly poisonous resentment from women.An Irish Friend of Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781376087404079818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-10115867472342612412007-02-05T02:05:00.000-07:002007-02-05T02:05:00.000-07:00Cool post. Well done for speaking back, and mainta...Cool post. Well done for speaking back, and maintaining your dignity! I have to admit that I am really shocked at how 'normalised' most aa's are to (what I see as being) unacceptably high and antisocial levels of anger. it's like they don't even SEE it. They LAUGH about the fact tha they find themselves 'losing it' on a regular basis. It would be funny except i just KNOW that their anger is REALLY interfering with their lives, and making them 'rebel' against life. I hav encountered 'nutty' men at work on 2 short occasions that 'lost it' and ranted at me, but on one occassion there was a stunned, embarrased silence from the other guys, and on the other occasion, it was away from the others and caught me off guard. But I think it is safe to say that in the 'normal world' it's considered VERY NAFF and LOSER-Y to act like that, wheras in AA, there can be a sort of 'faith' in anger, as if they are being 'honest' or something, or they are RIGHT and this gives them the right to get really weird with you. If I had a pound for every nutcase I'd met in AA, I'd be a VERY rich woman! I gave up trying to figure these people out a LONG time ago. Life i*s SO much simpler when I 'stick with the winners'. ESPECIALLY in aa, as there are SO many damaged and oversensitive (and zero impulse control) people in there!! I LOVE the nice aa people, but I stay away fom the 'odd' ones as much as possible, except when I really think I might be able to make SOME sort of a difference. Otherwise I am just wasting my time and pissing them off!An Irish Friend of Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781376087404079818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-37195557337816900802007-02-04T22:18:00.000-07:002007-02-04T22:18:00.000-07:00I am with you on the rage of men. Being a man I th...I am with you on the rage of men. Being a man I think the rage is part of our caveman days still locked in our brain. Maybe its that hunters and gathers concept, gut what the hell do I know.lash505https://www.blogger.com/profile/09213373741518348389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-81716825958210850932007-02-04T10:42:00.000-07:002007-02-04T10:42:00.000-07:00First, congrats on staying and speaking..takes foc...First, congrats on staying and speaking..takes focus & willingness to pull it back together after that.<br /><br />I would love to say that I stand up to people who rage. But the sad fact is that I only stand up to them in my mind while I am driving home thinking of what I might have said.<br /><br />I have beaten and battered by an ex..and although the heart and soul have moved on, the "reflexs" and survival instinct have not, you know? I involuntarily flich at loud male voices, when men get angry I get fearful. This may never go away, but I work on it. I refuse to be a victim, but sometimes my adreniline won't co-operate ya know? Best I can do is best I can do. Thats ok today.Meg Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602413688150495642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270502.post-67016511380577666362007-02-04T09:00:00.000-07:002007-02-04T09:00:00.000-07:00I have had similar experiences in my life... I had...I have had similar experiences in my life... I had a boss once who raged like that. One day he was yelling at me for something his son had done...I promptly burst into tears, and then he yelled at me for crying...<br />I agree though that this stuff can only happen if we allow it. I am learning today to be more assertive and confident...bullies don't seem to pick on 'stronger folk'lushgurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169403631552159238noreply@blogger.com