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abe · Mar 12, 2008, 01:37 AM

How Many People Don't You EVER Want to See Again in Life?

And why?

Shaddim · Mar 12, 2008, 02:14 AM

You mean, "how many people do I despise so much that I never want to see them again"?

abe · Mar 12, 2008, 03:15 AM

Originally Posted by Shaddim

You mean, "how many people do I despise so much that I never want to see them again"?

That's a valid interpretation. There may be others.

Railroader · Mar 12, 2008, 05:25 AM

Zero.

Mrjinglesusa · Mar 12, 2008, 07:34 AM

Zero. I don't hold grudges - it's not healthy.

Mastrap · Mar 12, 2008, 07:42 AM

Zero. I don't hold grudges.

Oisín · Mar 12, 2008, 07:46 AM

That’s hard to quantify. There are quite a few people who have caused me enough hurt and/or annoyance that I would really not be saddened if I never come across them again in my lifetime. I can only think of one that I really, truly, seriously hope to God I never, ever see again.

So I guess my answer would have to be 1.

Doofy · Mar 12, 2008, 08:07 AM

Where's the option for "all of them"?

osiris · Mar 12, 2008, 08:07 AM

I can't think of anyone.

Besides, if I really didn't want to see a particular person ever again there are better ways of assuring avoidance than chance.

Tiresias · Mar 12, 2008, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by Mastrap

Zero. I don't hold grudges.

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Zero. I don't hold grudges - it's not healthy.

Originally Posted by Railroader

Zero.

The question is not about holding grudges, but not wanting to see someone again.

There's a difference.

There is only one person I never want to see again for his deliberate cruelty to others and his failing to show the slightest capacity to change over many, many years. I don't hold a grudge, but not having him in my life is vital to my emotional well-being.

badidea · Mar 12, 2008, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Where's the option for "all of them"?

You know that "all of them" includes women!?

design219 · Mar 12, 2008, 08:22 AM

Two. I dated a psycho woman for a couple months before I realized she was psycho. Don't want to see her again.

I was viciously threatened by a guy who thought I had taken his photo at an outdoor concert years ago when I was a photojournalist. He was out of his head. Don't want to see him ever again.

starman · Mar 12, 2008, 08:30 AM

Hmm....

This one guy from high school. Nobody liked him. I bumped into him after graduation and I mentioned I was working at Merck. Merck used to make an entire directory of every employee in the company with their phone numbers. He wanted me to get one for him. I obviously refused, but he kept bothering me for months about it but I wouldn't give him what he wanted. He showed up at the reunion 2 years ago and stayed only 30 minutes. I didn't say hi to him, and I don't think a lot of people did either.

Other than that, nobody else. I don't hold grudges, but I despise when people can't grow up enough to have a conversation about what might have happened in the past.

Tiresias · Mar 12, 2008, 08:35 AM

I was viciously threatened by a guy who thought I had taken his photo at an outdoor concert years ago when I was a photojournalist. He was out of his head. Don't want to see him ever again.

Same thing happened to me.

Doofy · Mar 12, 2008, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by badidea

You know that "all of them" includes women!?

Wait. Women are people?

osiris · Mar 12, 2008, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by design219

Two. I dated a psycho woman for a couple months before I realized she was psycho. Don't want to see her again.

my sympathies, I once had a psycho model on pcp chase me (whilst topless and in panties, no less) through an apartment building.
she was amazing in bed, which at the time made it all worth it.

andi*pandi · Mar 12, 2008, 10:28 AM

1) high school bully;
2) ex-boss who was evil;
3) ex-coworker who pretended to be a friend, but of course wasn't

I debated #4... I have a former best friend that we had a falling out... part of me wants to see her again even though I know it would only hurt me.

MacosNerd · Mar 12, 2008, 11:04 AM

Zero,
I don't hold grudges. To bad that was not an choice in the poll

Dakar the Fourth · Mar 12, 2008, 11:09 AM

I want to know how holding a grudge is hazardous to my health.

d4nth3m4n · Mar 12, 2008, 11:12 AM

i'm specifying my "other" vote as "zero".

sek929 · Mar 12, 2008, 11:31 AM

There's one chick I'd rather not run into...that's about it.

abe · Mar 12, 2008, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Where's the option for "all of them"?

"Other."

abe · Mar 12, 2008, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by MacosNerd

Zero,
I don't hold grudges. To bad that was not an choice in the poll

"Other."

I kinda wanted to encourage the people who might say, "zero" to elaborate.

I hope no one holds that against me.

abe · Mar 12, 2008, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n

i'm specifying my "other" vote as "zero".

To all the folks who voted or will vote, "Other" and/or specified, "zero," I thank you very much.

Shaddim · Mar 12, 2008, 02:07 PM

4

HS nemesis (he's in prison), ex-wife (she's in Arizona), ex-wife's old boyfriend (I think he's dead), and psycho former co-worker (he's been in a mental hospital for 8 years).

Timo · Mar 12, 2008, 02:34 PM

why not just put them on your ignore list?

andi*pandi · Mar 12, 2008, 02:44 PM

silly, then you couldn't google them to see if their names pop up in court records.

CRASH HARDDRIVE · Mar 12, 2008, 05:11 PM

Everyone I've ever known that's died.

They'd either be zombies, or just not lookin' too good.

Railroader · Mar 12, 2008, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Tiresias

The question is not about holding grudges, but not wanting to see someone again.

There's a difference.

There is only one person I never want to see again for his deliberate cruelty to others and his failing to show the slightest capacity to change over many, many years. I don't hold a grudge, but not having him in my life is vital to my emotional well-being.

I didn't say anything about grudges. There's honestly no one that I have ever met that I would not want to see again.

Oisín · Mar 13, 2008, 10:41 AM

HS nemesis (he's in prison), ex-wife (she's in Arizona)

And the difference here would be ..?

[No offence to resident Arizonans]

Shaddim · Mar 13, 2008, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

And the difference here would be ..?

[No offence to resident Arizonans]

Hey now, I loved Arizona. The high desert is a wonder to see, simply beautiful.

Electric Zombie · Mar 13, 2008, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by CRASH HARDDRIVE

Everyone I've ever known that's died.

They'd either be zombies, or just not lookin' too good.

Good to see you separated those. I'm dead sexy for a zombie.

BadKosh · Mar 13, 2008, 04:27 PM

Hell, I have a list of HUNDREDS from my days doing customer service. I have a BUNCH of politicians,actors, business leaders, people in my town, and their kids that is probably more than 100.

My list of people I don't want to go is probably 20 or so.

I think I have more SONGS I never want to hear again, than people I never wanna see...

Tesselator · Mar 16, 2008, 02:18 AM

I voted Other because the number is 0 (zero).

No judgements, no expectation, no assumptions, no burnt bridged. I am
one with mankind. There isn't anything in them (as the other) that isn't
in me. An fact anything in them that would cause me to feel hate or
intense rejection is probably very prevalent in me and probably why I
reject it.