1. A physical altercation, no, not that I recall. Good thing too; I'd almost certainly lose that one.
2. With the kiddo, we like to take a deep breath, and count from one to four with monkeys, like so: "One monkey, two monkey, three monkey, four monkey." Except more often than not one of us with (accidentally on purpose) make a mistake and then we start over. (Eleventy monkeys? Eleventy is not a real number!) . By the end we're laughing and not mad any more.
3. Newport Aquarium, maybe. I've been once; the penguins are really fun. And overall it's just a fun place in general.
Not a real one, though I've prevented a couple. Used to do English Civil War re-enactment so had a lot of swordfights without consequences.
Do you know strategies for de-escalating angry people (including yourself)?
Having not had to do it for a while, maybe? I'm sure I will have to in the future with children etc. For myself I'm generally chill, the Tao is good for this. There are still times of imbalance.
thanks for sharing. drunken fights. but that didnt go on for long. on the street once a guy with a chair and another guy with a knife. it happened very fast too. fights now are over quickly bam bam bam. the idea of a long fight to me is choreographed. all professional fighting has rules. even cage fights which are just cocks fighting to "the death" == oh --- now domestic fights, they go on for days... years.. love can be a fight for itself just to survive, my nana was like that.
One of 6 stories written from an omniscient POV - actually, to be honest, there are many voices that weave in and out of these stories like a rich tapestry made with every color in the rainbow.
1. A physical altercation, no, not that I recall. Good thing too; I'd almost certainly lose that one.
2. With the kiddo, we like to take a deep breath, and count from one to four with monkeys, like so: "One monkey, two monkey, three monkey, four monkey." Except more often than not one of us with (accidentally on purpose) make a mistake and then we start over. (Eleventy monkeys? Eleventy is not a real number!) . By the end we're laughing and not mad any more.
3. Newport Aquarium, maybe. I've been once; the penguins are really fun. And overall it's just a fun place in general.
Also, I love the asteroid metaphor here. Really, this whole fight scene. Very well done. Makes me glad I work from home, though. :)
Impromptu fight clubs in the parking lot after every tense all-hands meeting, it's the bane of white-collar work.
1. Not once.
2. Not really. If you find any good sources for this, I'm all ears.
3. We're going camping in August.
This is a good place to start, cowboy cigar wise man has a history of anger and managed to figure himself out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUrh306DSTY
I have a lot of other thoughts for a lot of reasons, but let me know what you think of that!
In fact, controlling anger is probably a good thing to know when you go camping, LOL!
Nobody wants an unhappy camper
Sometimes a man has a fist that just needs a face!
Have you ever been in a fight?
Not a real one, though I've prevented a couple. Used to do English Civil War re-enactment so had a lot of swordfights without consequences.
Do you know strategies for de-escalating angry people (including yourself)?
Having not had to do it for a while, maybe? I'm sure I will have to in the future with children etc. For myself I'm generally chill, the Tao is good for this. There are still times of imbalance.
Any vacation plans this summer?
Devon in June and the Peaks in July.
thanks for sharing. drunken fights. but that didnt go on for long. on the street once a guy with a chair and another guy with a knife. it happened very fast too. fights now are over quickly bam bam bam. the idea of a long fight to me is choreographed. all professional fighting has rules. even cage fights which are just cocks fighting to "the death" == oh --- now domestic fights, they go on for days... years.. love can be a fight for itself just to survive, my nana was like that.
One of 6 stories written from an omniscient POV - actually, to be honest, there are many voices that weave in and out of these stories like a rich tapestry made with every color in the rainbow.
https://medium.com/@leighanne.vdveen/chapter-6-once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-763d7044801c