[Courses] [Spineful Living, lesson 3: 101 Satisfying Retorts For All Occassion]

[Conor Daly]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 06:25:25PM +0100 or thereabouts, Noirin Plunkett wrote:
> 
> I find that sometimes, guys won't listen to "Grow up", or "Get a life"
> - particularly if you say it to them in a conversation that just
> involves you two...
> 
> The other guy is a fairly bigshot techy guy, who's only in Ireland for
> a year or so. I still haven't worked out how to get him to grow up,
> not treat women as objects, and stop saying "but it's ok, you're
> different", or "no offense! <insert offensive remark>"...
> 
> I've told him outright what I think of him - he seems to think it's
> "cute".

Have you told him in public?  I'm inclined to think that a rebuke in private
might not be listened to while one in public might, particularly if others back
you up.  However, that does carry the 'need your opinions to be validated by
others' burden...

Conor
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Conor Daly,                   
Met Eireann, Glasnevin Hill,  
Dublin 9, Ireland             
Ph +3531 8064276 Fax +3531 8064247

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