What sort of people do you avoid?

lixy!!! My phone won't believe what I type.

Lucy YES!!
Also I can't stand people who announce that they are 'people pleasers'! They are usually so smug and pleased with themselves and their wonderful caring personalities. I prefer miserable grumpy types like myself.

I try and avoid people who judge people or exclude people because of their race, gender or colour. Everyone is an individual and should be treated as an individual.

Anyone who thinks it’s ok to hug me - it really isn’t!

Anyone I've discovered to be a thief - ie as soon as I'm sure of that = they are History on the spot. Most recently I'd been introduced by a friend to someone she knew somewhat - for him to be an odd job man for me and I thought we'd become friends until I had one or two suspicions about him. When he said something that I knew meant he was a thief for an absolute fact - I didn't even bother to tell him to "get lost". I just slammed the shutters straight down and won't even give him the time of day if I spot him now.

I'm not keen on narcissists either and, if I find someone is all about themselves/will "take" whenever they have the chance and yet they never ever return the favour = once I've realised I have as little as possible to do with them. eg one I met fairly recently who always wanted emotional support/was quite happy to ask me for something worth a couple of hundred pounds I was giving away/etc - and yet made the comment of "Oh I could have given you a lift to the nearest bigger town - instead of you taking a taxi. I'd have only charged petrol". That pretty much saw the end of her - ie the thought even crossing her mind of maybe £30/£40 for petrol for her car - given she'd had that £200 good as new item off me....

The only ones I can think of are the pompous old windbags who don’t draw breath or let anybody else get a word in, whilst giving their opinion in great detail on anything from cows to cars (they never talk about interesting things). I pity their families, they are saints to put up with it.

I can suss a sleazy man from a mile away and avoid.

Then there are the females who have perfect husbands, perfect children and perfect lives, don’t believe it and therefore avoid.

Add to the list Drunks, boasters, and bores.

Loud mouths, snobs and know-it-alls.

People who often start a sentence with “Now don’t take this the wrong way but….”

The ones who just pop in for a minute and are still sitting there two hours later having offered to make a tea or coffee which they might as well have now they’ve made it, and who look at the time and are shocked how long they’ve been here and had better rush off, all without punctuation and breathing.

There’s a current joke about certain people who just have to go one better….If you say you’ve been to Tenerife they’ve just come back from Elevenerife! 😂

I know and try to avoid one of those especially when he boasts about how much he gives to the local food bank. You’d think he turns up driving a lorry!

People who talk at you endlessly and only talk about anything they want to talk about. My brother in law is like this and when my sister died we tried so hard to give him company as he was so alone but, to my shame, we had to cut ties with him. Once I left his house in tears after being talked at for 2 hours about his extreme views. I presume this is why he has no friends. After this experience I only give people the time of day if the ask after me and mine. I'm too old to put up with people I don't like.

People who get, or arrive, drunk at social gatherings.
The owners of unruly dogs.

Those who constantly nudge you
Those who make loud statements and look round to see the effect on others.
Those who respond to ‘ How are you?’ They then respond with a long list of their aches and pains, I do not need it I have enough of my own.

People who say "if I were you .." before ramming their unsought advice down my throat.
People who take their dogs everywhere, no matter how unsuitable.
People who want to show me pictures of their baby grandchildren.

LizzieDrip

Loud mouthed, opinionated racists and bigots.

Yes, exactly what I was going to say.

People who make generalisations about other people.

Millie22

Anyone who harms or intends to harm a child or young person.

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I not too keen on mass murderers myself

People who don’t like me.
“Being so cheerful keeps me going” moaners.
Religious zealots.
Materialists.

Loud, boring, needy…

know it alls, or they think they do. sarcastic people who try to put others down

Snobs
People who constantly talk about themselves and never ask about you or yours. There are a lot of those. I have just spent 20 minutes with my neighbour during which she talked constantly about herself. Not once did she ask how we were. Still, I forgive her as she's 97.

ClicketyClick

Try to avoid arrogant people. Has anyone else noticed that me me me types are usually only children. Sorry if I've offended any only children GN's

That’s generalising greatly.
(By the way, I’m not an only child, but I know people who are and the ones I do know are not at all “me, “me, “me” types).

@BlueBelle

That’s a bit of an overreaction. Offence is taken, not given. It’s someone’s opinion, why does it bother you so much?