• MissMimi said on Jan 15, 2007....

  MissWuss here. Yep, I get my feelings hurt pretty easily. I wish I didn't. I don't like confrontation. If I don't like someone, I avoid them. I don't like to get in their face about it.
  I am little MissWhy-Can't-We-All-Love-Each-Other. A Pollyanna.

• secretlife said on Jan 15, 2007....

  closet pollyanna here too.....

  although i will admit to you that in my work, i have often been called 'blunt'.

   

• silverwhisper said on Jan 15, 2007....

  i've had several heated discussions w/ friends about how blunt they are. i'm never hurt by bluntness alone--there has to be a desire to harm present for me to be hurt, as well as some measure of caring what the speaker has to say.
  
  however, i may be unusual in that regard.
  
  ed

• beyondtheveil said on Jan 15, 2007....

  I don't mind bluntness done creatively(is that what Ed just said)? Bluntness & "being frank" are attributes many people respect. I'm perfectly ok with it so long as the line isn't crossed. "Straightforward honesty" as you mentioned has it's place, but used consistenty will stigmatize the person using it.

• polarheart said on Jan 16, 2007....

  Hi Paper!
   
  I dont like bluntness, I desire diplomacy and tact.  I do like people to say what they mean and mean what they say, but I want them to do in a way that isn't rude or hurtful or mean, for that matter.  I wish everybody could get along and be considerate to others.  So, I guess, I am a mega-wuss!
   
  Friendship {{hug}} Polar x
   
   

• marysaaka said on May 27, 2007....

  Hi, Paper, i think bluntness is a tool that we use to dictate thoughts and feeling, most of the bluntness that i have encounter was gearing me into the right directions, I dont thing people use bluntness to hurt anothers feeling, although there is a nasty side to bluntness, we must react to show the differences. It's all a part of human tools for suviors.

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