Dealing With Bitter People

Written by Alex Marlin on November 2, 2007 – 1:25 am -


Today was one of those hard working days, where I worked through lunch and straight on past five. At about quarter to five my colleague asked; Are you not hungry? I told him that I was so caught up in what we were doing I forgot that I didn’t eat.

I just kept wondering why some people have a smiley face and others such a bitter face and I decided to address, how to deal with bitter people. I was really tired from what we been doing today, but I made myself a promise to deliver a great article no matter what mood I am in. I do hope your not a bitter person, and if you are, then you will also have a little clue what to do with your anger.

Why are you so bitter?

Our society is filled with bitter people, but are we to blame society, our boss, our neighbour, or maybe a friend that did you wrong? The answer to that is, I really don’t care who did you wrong or what has happened in the past. I do believe that many bitter people are simply seeking attention. They walk around as if they are mad at the world and seldom listen to anyone. No reasoning will make them understand what has turned them so bitter.

Sometimes in life things will go wrong, but we have to understand that it is just the way life goes. Life won’t always be in your favor and that is why you have to look the other way when we run into bitter people.

Is it unreal if you and a colleague or even a friend has a quarrel and you get mad? That should seem normal by all standards, but that you never ever talk to that person because of a misunderstanding. That to me is just selfish, it seems that you didn’t care about that person to start with.

The reason why some people are so bitter can vary, but the main reason is based on anger. They are very angry and continues to pick on each and everyone. They are always seeking to rant about something or someone, they never have anything good to say. Their minds are so filled with issues, that they don’t seem to have a moment when they can think of something good. I believe they make themselves bitter from the get go. As they get out of bed, they focus on something negative and their brain continues to feed them more angry moments or things that has gone wrong with them in life. They have no trust and believes in no one and not even themselves.

A close encounter with a outraged woman

I was watching this guy sitting in his car chatting with a girl in Colebay, the girl was outside leaning against the passenger door. Out of nowhere another girl came running towards the girl, it was very strange how she approached the girl. From where I was sitting, I honestly could hear that they were arguing about this guy. The next thing I knew is one girl grabbing the other and a fight broke out, the one girl was holding the other, she had her pinned against the car, while beating the crap out of her, at that moment I ran over to stop them. She grabbed a metal shaped object from the back of her and I jumped in and grabbed her hand. She was just about ready to burst open the other girls head with that object.

While grabbing her she was using all kinds of foul words, and I stayed calm and told her what is going on here. She then said that if I didn’t let her go, she would take a turn in me, and whoop my behind. Well, that moment I told her let me explain, this little skinny guy here has no mercy with you, but I am not the guy sitting in the car that would leave you two fight. I would kick your &*(%^$… (not appropriate for this blog).

I pulled her away and then told her it’s not worth it, the guy isn’t worth it, you will bust her head open and end up in jail for a nobody. Don’t you see he don’t even care, he didn’t even attempt to stop you all from fighting. I was talking really cool with her and she started crying and calmed down. I told her to get back in her car and go home, she did just that.

As for the guy, I approached him and said, your one heck of a man, your playing this game all wrong. Just can’t believed you stayed there and did nothing.

This girl was really filled with anger, and by just talking calm and pointing out what would happen, she calmed down, now I must say, she only calmed down, because I was showing her that I wasn’t scared of her. Was I scared? Well, you be the judge, can’t let the cat out the bag, that would make me look stupid.

Sometimes it is best to show your brave side

Would you believe this girl was much bigger than I am, even the guy sitting in the car. The other girl was even bigger than her, but she was the aggressor. I think my reaction was to show her that I wasn’t afraid and just grab her firmly, making sure she couldn’t swing her hands to hit me.

I just showed my brave side, and I kept looking her straight in the eye, I didn’t blink and just held her and pulled her off of the other girl. I am not a person of violence, but I don’t believe in watching anyone take advantage of another.

And at other times, it’s best to walk away

As with every situation, you have to understand when someone is totally out of control and that time is when you need to just back off. I can recall a incident when me and my cousin was sitting at a cafe in Holland. while sitting there a guy walked up to my cousin and started a argument, my cousin was ready to show this guy what he’s worth. At that moment I told him, let’s leave this alone, this guy is like he got it out for you, let’s go.

The guy just continued and called him a coward. My cousin would have taken him down, but I just felt that he lived to see another day. the whole situation was very awkward, and who knows what this guy had on his mind. He came prepared to fight, so I just followed my gutsy feeling on this. Sometimes it’s best to just walk away. This guy was always jealous of my cousin, because he was very muscular and athletic.

Just listened and don’t say a word

At time you will run into someone so bitter that all they do is complain, and in such cases it is best to not even disagree, just listen. when they have ranted on for a while then you would just add a couple words, to just keep them from getting more furious. Don’t disagree with them, else they would continue and get mad at you. When you had enough, just say, hey got to run, we will discuss this another time. Those type of people respect you, once you don’t agree or disagree with them. If you agree, be prepared to face that on a daily basis, they seek out sympathy voters and hope that you will see things their way.

As you can see there is a pattern here, these people want everyone to feel for them and see things their way. They try hard to convince you that everything is wrong with their life. The seldom smile, they have a look on their face that only a mother can love. And if you don’t want to be bothered with this type of behavior on a daily basis, just ignore getting into any conversations with such people.

I walk with a knife to protect myself

This is the best one I have eve heard. I had a teacher that was more of a father figure, because he really cared about his students. One day during class, he asked everyone to gather around and asked us, if anyone of us carried a gun or a knife. One boy jumped up and said he did. He asked, so why do you walk with such a knife, it was a switchblade. That is a knife, where you click a button, and the blade flies out at you.

He said it was to protect himself, so he said what are you protecting yourself form. Are you in some kind of trouble? He said no, this is to make sure that none of the guys picks on him.

He said, let me give you a story from my life. When he was younger he ad a best friend and he was the bad guy type, walked with a knife and everyone was afraid of him. One day as they were walking through town they ran into some guys on the street, they started to pick on his friend, he told his friend let’s go. they are looking for trouble. his friend told him, I am not afraid of them. One of the boys, jumped him and they started to fight. form one thing to another, he grabbed his knife, and plunged it into the boy. he killed that boy. from that day on, he was never himself, he went to jail and after he came out, he lived on the edge, and died in a car accident.

Being a coward is a good thing

Sometimes in life we have to be a coward, and learn from the mistakes others have made. My teacher told me that if he didn’t had that knife he would have walked away and never fought with that boy. Walking with a weapon means that if your confronted, you will use it. so, throw away any weapon you may have, that way your not giving any bittered or angry person a chance to mess up your life.

Stop looking for sympathy votes, life is too short to be always complaining or bittered. The world won’t miss you once your gone, because you never made a great impression or left anything for anyone to remember you by. Smile more and watch funny videos or comedies, this will put you in a better mood, than speaking of all the things that is going wrong in your life. Change your friends and get a couple of friends who don’t complain, you will realize that they don’t ever listen to your rants, and will change. The world will love you more, once you show love and stop complaining. You get what you speak and think of all day long. Don’t you want to be remembered in this life?

I want to leave you with this:

What would you like your family, loved one or kids to put on your tombstone?


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6 Comments to “Dealing With Bitter People”

  1. Nicole Says:

    Very very very impressive. I really enjoyed reading this, my eyes just stuck to the screen. Way to go.

    Being around bitter people and accepting their behavior will then make you bitter, and you would just chase all the right people away. Sooner or later you\’re going to be just as bitter as the next guy and end up living a lonely life.

    This post is just one of the best. Job well done.

    You know I never thought about what I would want written on my tombstone, thanks for bringing it to mind. But that I leave up to my family, and love ones to decide whenever the time comes.

  2. Suzann Says:

    Well-written and beautifully thought out. Thank you for your excellent insights.
    On my tombstone? Great question. Perhaps “Loved and Was Loved”.

  3. kindred Says:

    Wow, SXM is full of bitter families, who infect each other on the daily. (Ask me how I know) Thanks for yet another interesting post. You should think about doing a radio program!!!

  4. Alex Marlin Says:

    How do you know?

    Hey, don’t run short on me here, I am honestly trying to get people to speak out and talk about the issues affecting them.

    As you learn how to speak about what’s affecting you, you learn how to deal with it. You don’t make it a problem. The silence killer is keeping it in and not consulting with anyone.

    Don’t become a statistic, let us know, we want to hear form you.

    Let us know what you know.

  5. kindred Says:

    I know because I came from a family who allow their bitterness, arogance and pride destroy a family that has survived so much. Pride is indeed the deadliest of all sins because it blinds you to reality. Maybe I should start my own blog, It would be full everyday.

  6. Alex Marlin Says:

    I would like to know who you are, seems you have a lot on your mind that you wish to share. Hey be very careful when you to start to write about it, I have seen many experiences now, that I honestly never thought would happen.

    Send me a private message, would keep your name private and then we can talk. That way, you would know how to go about this.

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