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I think in general, healthy adults should not and usually do not have people they would genuinely describe as "enemies." I have a couple of exes that, if I see
by paulrpotts 11y ago
I think in general, healthy adults should not and usually do not have people they would genuinely describe as "enemies."
I have a couple of exes that, if I see them in public somewhere, make me feel just a bit awkward... our conversations are brief and awkward. But I don't hate them, by any stretch of the imagination.
There are some former bosses and co-workers where things weren't good, they didn't end well, because of a layoff or bad politics in a work situation or being ignored or "thrown under a bus," but again, I wouldn't call it hate. They aren't my enemies. They are just people I'd be very hesitant to want to work with again, or to recommend that anyone work for, or with (although even though I don't think people really change that much, I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt; maybe they are better at it now? I know I am.)
There are politicians I would not shake hands with or sit down to a meal with; people I think should be prosecuted, for their war crimes or corruption. But they aren't my _personal_ enemies.
So... no?
I know there are some people out there who are just really toxic, and will make _you_ their target, or enemy, sometimes for ideological reasons, or toxic family history, or one bad incident when they "flipped a switch" on you and never reconsidered, but I feel like that is their issue, not mine.
- meric 11y ago>> They are just people I'd be very hesitant to want to work with again If one day such a person calls you up and ask you out for a coffee, to talk about things, and it's clear they want to clear things up with you, would you go?
- paulrpotts 11y agoYes -- and actually, that's happened.