The Ultimate Guide to Getting Along With Annoying People (Over the Holidays and Beyond)

The most dreadful time of the year is finally upon you, when you get together with those people you judge the most in the world, so that you could mentally bitch about all their obnoxious quirks while chewing your turkey to death. You don't mean to judge, of course. You're a good person. More than a good person, actually. Normally you are generous, kind, self-aware, open-minded, and capable of taking the high road whenever the situation calls for it. But with this handful of particularly difficult ones...Sheesh! Whenever you see these people, storms gather and emotions fly. The torrid hateful energy they trigger in you surprises yourself. You didn't even know you were able to harbor so much negative feeling towards someone. You've tried everything. You mediated, cleansed, and psychoanalyzed. You've reprimanded yourself for being judgmental. (But hey, they should have behaved better!) You've tried to accept their flaws, be forgiving, and keep a smiling face. You've even stopped yourself, using sheer will power, from spitting out any critical words. But deep down, you know that none of those tricks have worked. Because even when there's no outright war at the dinner table, there's a violent battle inside. And you're always just a salt bottle away from either breaking your own head or theirs. Ah, if only people could stop being annoying so that you could get back to being your best self! Unfortunately, you know they never will. And since you've tried the rest, how about no...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news