To Fight or Not to FIght

I’m sorry, Daily Prompt, that I couldn’t get to you earlier today.  It’s very late, but those assholes at work actually made me do work today.  I know!  I can’t  believe it either!  I was pissed.  So anyway, now that I’m finally here….PROMPT ME!

When faced with confrontation, do you head for the hills or walk straight in? Was there ever a time you wished you’d had the opposite reaction?

Well, DP, you’ve unearthed one of my most troubling foibles.  I loathe confrontation.  I avoid it at all costs, really.  I hate arguing.  I hate fighting.  I hate it all.  It’s so unnecessary.  So avoidable.  So…stupid.

What do you MEAN Mufassa wasn’t my dad? Take it back!  I’ll kick your ass!

I always try to find a way to resolve things peaceably.  I will only engage in a confrontation as a last resort.  Sometimes I avoid it even when I shouldn’t.  Although, this trait served me well as a retail manager for many years.  There are many times I should have gone off on customers who were being absolute dicks, but I couldn’t do it.

There is, however, one incident where I wish I had the balls to not avoid a confrontation.  I once spent time with a woman and she thought the time went very well, but it all felt awkward to me.  Instead of telling her how I felt, I chickened out.  I was afraid.  I was afraid to hurt her feelings.  I was just afraid.

I eventually couldn’t NOT tell her and when I did it hurt her way more than it would have if I had told her when I had come to that realization.  She had become more attached during that time and ended up with a broken heart.  And it made me feel about as small as an ant.  I felt horrible and I deserved to feel that way.

Note to self: stop being a dumbass.

Lesson learned, though. The hard way.  As usual.  I’m not very good when it comes to dealing with the opposite sex, so at least now I know next time to say what I’m feeling when I feel it.  It may hurt, but it’ll hurt a lot less then than it will down the line.

What about YOU dearest reader?  Do you run from confrontation or embrace it?

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