How often do you hold back from saying what you are thinking?
By smooch091784
@smooch091784 (973)
Philippines
June 6, 2009 10:46am CST
Actually I think this isn't suppose to be a question for me.. Why? Because I normally don't talk and like sometimes my brain delays the message what I should be saying.. It may sound stupid but yea, it really happens sometimes.. I think I can call myself tactless, as the right term to be used for that.. But of course, there are times too that I have to think rather to speak.. I'm not really that all stupid and doesn't really care about other people.. But I usually tell and say what I feel.. I don't like sugarcoating and saying all the good words if I don't mean it..
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12 responses
@goapples (128)
•
6 Jun 09
I hold back quite a lot, if i'm really angry i would think of some really long speech to say to the people and when i get there i either don't remember it, i start saying it and it sound feeble or i just get convinced by the reason. It is very uncharacteristic of me to really say exactly what i am thinking i normally use euphemisms so if i say it straight out then they know that something has gane wrong or is bad.
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@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
7 Jun 09
I hold back a lot whenever I'm talking to people. Sometimes I just want to haul off and point out the cold hard truth, but in all honesty, sometimes I realize it's better to hold off and not say anything. I feel that sometimes people need to have the truth really pointed out to them, otherwise, they'd end up doing something stupid or not really thinking about the situation. However, I just keep my mouth shut for the most part, there's no use doing anything else.
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
6 Jun 09
Rarely, actually. Most of the time what I don't say is strong emotions, realizations that don't want to be heard (by my family more than aught else).
I hate tucking things away, as good at it as I appear to be...so I usually don't. It's a known fact that I can be a little blunt.
@pansy45 (153)
• Indonesia
7 Jun 09
i agree with you,we must can express our thinking whatever it 's god or not but if it's a fact' iwill tell it.cause sometime we should let people know about their mistakes and let them to fix it by theirself.
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
6 Jun 09
I'm the same. i don't talk much, so I don't really have to hold back in the first place. When I do say something, though, I think about it carefully.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
6 Jun 09
I'll say what I mean but I will be tactful about it if it's in any way negative. Like if someone is wearing an outfit that makes them look bad and asks me what I think--I'll tell them I tried on that style and looked awful, there's very few people that can wear that style. It comes off as non-committal and usually makes them look at it a second time. If it's a good friend, I'll tell them it ages them 10 years and adds 20 pounds!
I don't have to be tactful often but when I do, it's to spare someone's feelings while leading them to the truth.
@appleeater1990 (15)
• United States
6 Jun 09
never never never .. always tell people what you believe. that way they will know you will always give them an honest opinion!!!!!!
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
6 Jun 09
Well, in this past recent months i have been an medical intern in a hospital. That means new friends and new people to meet. Ofcourse ill hold back on green jokes and such because girls here and in my school are conservative and might be offended from what that joke might be.
They sometimes laugh because of the considerable lag time i concur when filtering what ill say.
But this past few days, that lag time decreased because i have known what personality they have and such so im more comfortable now ^^
