Do you have an expression you can't stand when people throw at you, or just

@nowment (1756)
United States
March 4, 2007 9:53pm CST
because they use it to excess? I dated a guy a while back, who it seemed whenever he would disagree with the woman he was involved with before me she would just end things with a "fine whatever" I used this with him once and he told me about it, I can see where if I cared abou someone and was trying to talk things out, getting that kind of response would drive me nuts. So I just kind of dropped it, and never got in the habit of using it. For me I suppose it is "umm" Ever meet those people who will "umm" try to talk to "umm' you about something and "ummm" then it is like "umm" every few words they "ummm" stop with this ummm, This kind of itches my teeth. But my real pet peeve is not so much an expression or in the above case a sound, but rather silence. There are those people who are either shy, or browbeaten by life so much that they just respond to conversations with silence. IT drives me crazy, you have no idea if they are ignoring you, or maybe they don't get what you are saying, or if they just don't really have an interest in what you are saying, or if they just don't know how to respond, or if they are thinking about the response, or if they just don't have anything to say to it. So ok fine, maybe you need time to think great I respect that you think before you speak, but 20 minutes of silence is not time to think it is rude. at least acknowledge that you heard the person. it is a small common courtesy thing, But a "let me think about that...." would be nice, or "sounds interesting" it may mean nothing to you and you may say nothing else on the subject but at least the person who was talking with you knows you cared enough to pay attention and aknowledge they were talking to you. Or even "that topic isn't one I thought about" or "it's not something I am really intereted in" That last is helpful because then I would know to change the subject. Heck even an "I don't really feel like talking right now" is helpful it tells you to be quiet, and leave that person alone. So what is your pet peeve of an expression or saying someone else uses?
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@Grandmaof2 (7578)
• Canada
5 Mar 07
The biggest pet peeve of mine are men that refer to their girlfriends/wife as being My Old Lady. Have you ever heard that they'll say something like: Yesterday me and the old lady went to the show......Man that drives me crazy. Respect...Respect...Respect...
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@nowment (1756)
• United States
5 Mar 07
Yes I can see where that would be a big pet peeve, it would be annoying, funny because my circle of friends doesn't use the expression, I think because the women within this circle would have to deal with their "old men", in a way that they would not be saying much of anything for a while. Thanks for sharing your pet peeve.