“Hurry up and agree with her or she’ll keep at you until you do!”
Occasionally I hear these words spoken from the past referring to yours truly – the Dose. Fact is, it was true… I just couldn’t give up the “fight” until the listening ear agreed.
We all encounter times when conversations go down disagreeing paths. Each party’s point of view seems reasonable, acceptable, why-not-able. And why shouldn’t it be? People have passion in their positions. It’s called conviction and without conviction, we’d be like vanilla ice cream… neutral and quite boring.
The Dose has discovered two options for such impasses in conversation – avoidance and acknowledgement.
Avoid the conversation altogether. Why bring up discussion points that only get folks hostile… though it is entertaining when all parties agree to discuss and not argue their viewpoint.
Alternatively, acknowledge. When you have either placed your foot in mouth or you don’t want to continue an undesirable conversation – stop the madness and agree to disagree!
Convictions are no reason to give up conversations and conversations are no reason to give up your convictions.
Stay true to yourself – just remember others are doing the same.