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I was ... and I wish it were not so ... my wife called me tonight ... she's out of town and called me while I was at the gym ... to thank me for a text I sent earlier today ... and could I just graciously accept it like normal person and say something nice back to her .. NO
I've been sitting here for an hour replaying the call in my mind ... the reason I went off on her us not important ... what know instead of commenting in anger (like an ashole) I should have created a space ... listened to what she was saying - taken a few seconds before responding so i could be intentional and thanked her ... I seem to lack impluse control and for a man there's no excuse for my behavior ... I should have impluse control mastered by this point in my life ...
In any case I'm disappointed in myself ... more importantly I'm going to do something about ... instead if blurting out whatever is on my mind I'm going to implement a 3 count before responding going forward and take enough time to confirm I'm not say something unnecessarily negative like tonight ...
Do you ever feel like you lost the genetic lotary and inherited the asshole gene ... ? If so how do you manage it so no one else has to know ...
I've been sitting here for an hour replaying the call in my mind ... the reason I went off on her us not important ... what know instead of commenting in anger (like an ashole) I should have created a space ... listened to what she was saying - taken a few seconds before responding so i could be intentional and thanked her ... I seem to lack impluse control and for a man there's no excuse for my behavior ... I should have impluse control mastered by this point in my life ...
In any case I'm disappointed in myself ... more importantly I'm going to do something about ... instead if blurting out whatever is on my mind I'm going to implement a 3 count before responding going forward and take enough time to confirm I'm not say something unnecessarily negative like tonight ...
Do you ever feel like you lost the genetic lotary and inherited the asshole gene ... ? If so how do you manage it so no one else has to know ...