I just spent an extended vacation with one of my parents who likes to pick fights with people. This can be achieved by simply throwing something into the mix that might 'energize a conversation' when in reality it is meant to bug somebody.
Having watched this I realize that this habit got into me when I was young and it is only now revealing itself.
I am finding myself as annoyed with myself as I was, growing up with this parent watching fights start that were so much better of not having happened.
What I need to do is avoid needlessly picking fights and, even more important, I need to relax a bit when others make points that might otherwise bug me.
Of course, (heh, heh, heh...) this is only me I am talking about and I am not doing anything else, whatsoever.
Having watched this I realize that this habit got into me when I was young and it is only now revealing itself.
I am finding myself as annoyed with myself as I was, growing up with this parent watching fights start that were so much better of not having happened.
What I need to do is avoid needlessly picking fights and, even more important, I need to relax a bit when others make points that might otherwise bug me.
Of course, (heh, heh, heh...) this is only me I am talking about and I am not doing anything else, whatsoever.