Respect

I guess different people have different ideas of what respect is...

Do you try to show respect even to those who you feel have been disrespectful to you?

Personally I prefer it if someone tells me if I’ve said or done something they don’t like.. I would then have an opportunity to apologise and to maybe explain and maybe not to make the same mistake again

But then some people “just don’t get on” and sometimes that isn’t likely to change ..

I didn’t fit the “requirements” of the maternal unit

Maybe she would have been better served by buying a plastic doll than having a baby

At work I’ve had people saying catty things behind my back.. I guess human nature (or some people’s nature) likely won’t change ...

Since my parental units didn’t respect me or care about me I’m a work in progress

It saddens me... well all sorts of things sadden me ...

when I meet someone, I always respect them

then if they don't respect me, and treat me like dirt, then I'm not going to respect them too

I believe in the whole " treat others like you'd want to be treated yourself" thing, if people want to treat me like a peace of dirt on their shoe, go for it because they've certainly earned the same treatment back

people that can't respect you don't even deserve respect back.

None of us are perfect.

We can't always know what may trigger another person.

It is kinder to find a place of mutual respect even if that is to agree to disagree.

Repeated attacks after having communicated your feelings don't allow a lot of space for harmony....

I would love a kind, loving assertive world.....

Good post Thirty shades

I too would love a kind, loving assertive world

I respect people who respect me only

For me - I dislike the saying "respect is earned not given".

I think if you are living - you have "earned" respect.

Nobody can know what another has gone through before interacting with us - and that affects how that person interacts with us. So, even if a person acts poorly, does that mean they are not deserving of respect? I say no.

How do you know that person has not just been triggered by something - and you happen to be the first one the person interacted with, thereby taking the brunt of the reaction from the triggering .. ? Would you say any of us here .. even at our worst moments .. are not deserving of respect? If your answer to that is "no" (mine is) - then, all people deserve respect. Now - if and when a person upsets you (we all will at some point, part of being human) - explain what n why you were hurt.. If the person PURPOSELY (it may happen accidentally quite a few times before it stops altogether) then that is being blatantly disrespectful to you and should either be addresses as such with the person if you think it may help, or just end the relationship. But - you do not need to turn to disrespectfulness yourself. ❤

That's how I see it.