do you consider yourself to be an assertive person?

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interpret the question however you may

Poll Results

Option	Votes
no	33
yes	17

― Adrien Brony (step hen faps), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)

I can't decide.

― NotEnough, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)

Yes and no.

― Aimless, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)

I'd tell you, but then you might get mad at me.

― OH GNUS (Pyth), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)

i do not

― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)

i wouldn't like to say

― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:19 (fourteen years ago)

I'm definitely not assertive.

― NotEnough, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:31 (fourteen years ago)

It's situation-specific for me but overall I'd say that I'm definitely more assertive than not.

― ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ (~curious orange~), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:37 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I'd say the same. I'm opportunistically assertive.

― M. White, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)

I was a pushover in my youth, but more and more assertive as I get older.

― William (C), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)

i'm not not assertive -- i just don't care

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)

yep.

― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)

i'm rarely assertive, i'm generally not bothered tho

― Maybe Bartering Will Help (Julie Lagger), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)

i'm assertive when it's meaningless shitetalk oh hai there ilx

― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:52 (fourteen years ago)

I should stand my ground more often but I'm no pushover either. I pick and choose when I'm assertive as I find that state exhausting.

― musicfanatic, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 23:49 (fourteen years ago)

Not at all, I'm the biggest pushover in the west

― moonbop, Thursday, 8 December 2011 00:14 (fourteen years ago)

Yes in private with a very few people. No for the other 99% of occasions.

― kinder, Thursday, 8 December 2011 01:55 (fourteen years ago)

I try to be assertive, but I come off as childishly petulant, esp. with my brother-in-law.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Thursday, 8 December 2011 05:20 (fourteen years ago)

either way..i mean, it's whatever you think, i could really go either way. i have no opinion, really - i like either option!

― Z S, Thursday, 8 December 2011 05:24 (fourteen years ago)

but yeah, i'm with William (C) in that i'm becoming more assertive as i get older. i tend to still let others decide the direction initially, but if there needs to be a decision and no one's willing to make it, i step in after about 30 seconds of watching others waffle to end the agony.

― Z S, Thursday, 8 December 2011 05:25 (fourteen years ago)

im a high school teacher, i have to be BY LAW

― q: are we not bel biv men? a: we are bel biv devo (m bison), Thursday, 8 December 2011 05:27 (fourteen years ago)

*pulls red pen from pocket protector*

― q: are we not bel biv men? a: we are bel biv devo (m bison), Thursday, 8 December 2011 05:28 (fourteen years ago)

YES!

― Bela Lugosi's Derrida (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Thursday, 8 December 2011 09:55 (fourteen years ago)

i have become so much more assertive since i was a shy teenager but there's still a lot of room for improvement. feeling oneself do more assertive things is a fantastic feeling.

― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:03 (fourteen years ago)

Again, depends on context. Again, I used to break down in pretty much any social situation until I turned 21 and then I slowly but surely managed to teach myself confidence around others.

― dog latin, Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:33 (fourteen years ago)

Is assertiveness always a function of confidence tho?

― NotEnough, Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:02 (fourteen years ago)

I am reasonably assertive, but sometimes in the wrong ways.

― Wayland Smithee, Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:08 (fourteen years ago)

I am somewhere on the range from tactfully assertive to bossy oldest sister.

― you are a baby seal (Abbott), Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:28 (fourteen years ago)

I had to turn on my ice cold "YOU MUST STOP" on a student yesterday and it worked. I realized it was the tone I usually take with creepy old men who touch me. Who knew it transferred to other situations?

― you are a baby seal (Abbott), Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:30 (fourteen years ago)

Developing the Voice of Command is one of those Becoming a Full-Fledged Adult sort of thingies.

― Aimless, Thursday, 8 December 2011 17:24 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:01 (fourteen years ago)

yes i am assertive generally

― river wolf, Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:23 (fourteen years ago)

yahh well go fuck yourself

― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:24 (fourteen years ago)

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