I’m trying to decide on my next approach. Years of red-pill attempts are clearly not working. This person is seriously invested in doom. I’m thinking about saying (untruthfully) “yes, you’re right. I give up” just to see if reverses psychology works.
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I vote for this one. OR.. I would ask, “Do you always see the glass as half empty?” With people like that, they get the glass of water question and a look.. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s this look of me being incredulous.. like “are you seriously that negative??
Are you talking to my dad?? 😂😂😂
Seriously, not seriously are you talking to my dad, but my dad is so negative. Always has been. My sisters and I have been talking about how negative he always has been. Not only is the glass half empty, but it’s nearly gone and there probably isn’t any more water anyway, in his mind. Thankfully, I have a good sense of humor.
My oldest son is that way.. he’s just like my dad. And I’ll say..”T, half full, love, half full and there’s more water anyway.”
I guess what I’m saying is, I probably wouldn’t engage the doomer anymore, because my smartmouth-o-meter would be very active lol.
Is your dad my uncle? Haha.
My uncle is like that, too. But with him, I have a few allies. He is seriously outnumbered by those of us who are positive and pro-Trump. Somehow (RINO news) he got it in his head that Trump was a bad person. If you ask him what he doesn’t like about Trump, he can’t tell you and just gets mad. The rest of us wink and nod at each other while he rants on. Much easier to deal with when you have allies.
God bless your dad. May he find happiness. Same for your son.
My husband is a glass-half-empty pessimist, too. He hangs around a forum that must be populated with like minded doomers. We barely even talk together about politics anymore.