People who are moody!

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Are you a moody person, or do you know people or have friends who are moody?

I suppose some people tolerate moody persons better while others find it hard to deal with them as far as being friends with them and that sort of thing goes.

How do you get on with people who are moody? It’s not a very positive personality trait, I know.
 
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Well, I get along with you Jamal.
I think.
Or maybe that’s just joody moody talkin
 
Well, thankyou, Clare!

Forums are very skewed, however, ways of interacting with others, as I’m sure you know. I was meaning IRL. 🤔

I tend to think that many persons find people who are moody difficult to tolerate and get on with. I’m probably stating something obvious, but I was curious what others would say.

Generally, if I’m in a mood, I try to minimize social interaction as much as possible until the mood passes.
 
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Yeah, but most people don’t. They tend to have a “deal with it” attitude.

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I smart off at them when I’ve had enough. They stomp around and I laugh with glee!!
 
You’re a very naughty boy. Someday memes and gifs together will attack you in your sleep and you will be hard pressed to make your escape.
 
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I was very moody as a young person. I grew out of it/ learned to control it with better nutrition and sleep habits, but that wisdom didn’t come till I was past 40.

My husband and my boyfriend before him dealt with my moods by joking a lot or, if they hit on something like a food or suggestion of where to go that would jolly me out of a mood, they’d use the same strategy over and over. When I was first dating my husband, I would always feel better going to the National Air and Space Museum (which was free), smelling the airplane dope, looking at a few exhibits and then sitting in the cafeteria which had an amazing view in those days (it doesn’t now, they built another museum next door in the decades since) eating something like a hot dog and lemonade. We went to the National Air and Space Museum probably 2 dozen times. We had a few more go-to places like that.

When I got older I had my own moody little friends to deal with and I would try to take them someplace to cheer them up, make jokes or give them pep talks on Instant Messenger, or buy them little presents. This went on for a few years. Unfortunately, since I am not as patient as my husband and was not hoping to marry any of these people, I eventually got sick of them and after one tantrum too many from each of them I told them to go blow and never looked back.

Nowadays I avoid moody people.
 
At the San Diego Safari Park (wild animal park), there is a cage with bunnies in it. There is a sign over it that states “Bunnies can be grumpy. Grumpy bunnies bite.”

I also know some people who are definitely NOT moody, they are always in a bad mood. We have seen both types here on CAF.

Life is far to short to deal with grumpy people. Just walk away.
 
I like your candor, Bear.

In any case, it’s very wise not to catch a bear on a day he or she is moody. Not good at all.

Moods can be difficult for everyone. Sometimes, a person can be roused out of a negative mood while other times a person cannot. That is the time to leave that person be, of course.

Generally, when I’m in a mood. I don’t make any attempt to allow people to change my mood because it would be an exercise in frustration for them.

Obviously, moodiness is a very ambiguous term existing in degrees and different types. Can’t say that I blame you at all about avoiding moody persons. Some moody persons, I would say, are tolerable, for various reasons while others most definitely are not except for the most saintly of souls.
 
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At the San Diego Safari Park (wild animal park), there is a cage with bunnies in it. There is a sign over it that states “Bunnies can be grumpy. Grumpy bunnies bite.”
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Is that still there? I saw it back in the 90s on a business trip. It was before the age of cell phones so I have no picture of it but we had a pet bunny around that time and the sign made me laugh very hard because it was most certainly true.
 
Last time I was there it was. For a while we were visiting it every couple weeks. Still a fun place to visit.
 
The issue with the moody persons I knew is that they had diagnosed mental illnesses which could make them go beyond just a passing bad mood into behaviors that were, frankly, emotionally abusive and socially unacceptable.

While I recognized this was due to their illness, it is not okay to repeatedly use someone else as an emotional punching bag because you are unwell. They both got into patterns of acting out with me because I was a friend of long standing and they thought I would just put up with it. At some point, the last straw is reached and it’s go time.

This is the type of thing I would put up with only from an immediate family member who I loved and knew was “not themself”, such as my mother when she was having a bad day with some of her illnesses towards the end of her life. I simply don’t have the emotional resources to put up with it from a friend. I needed healthy friendships.
 
I thought @joe1 was more the bunny type. You were more the various bird flavors.

Speaking of the Safari Park, they had a couple bird shows, including a red half and a falcon. Beautiful critters, and it was a really great show. I think it is still going on.
 
Well. I do my best not to be pigeonholed, Miss Stephie… I don’t mean to chew you out, but sometimes I cannot restrain myself.
 
Moods are extremely hard to gauge on the internet.

When you’re on CAF, you seem generally upbeat and positive, but sometimes worried. You don’t strike me as being particularly moody in real life, but I could be wrong.
 
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