Are men’s egos THAT fragile?
by admin • May 26, 2012 • * Safe for Work *, To You • 3 Comments
Because you aren’t in control of everything you start to panic. It’s not all about you! It’s about the team and I’m quite capable and have been for many years able to communicate effectively with people. This was my project, I did start it. You thought it sucked! Then you wanted to join. Now you want to take over.
I’m a details person and you aren’t (even by your own admission). It’s my project, I saw it fit to clear up all the old files that were no longer relevant, put them in a format everyone from all kinds of devices can read. No. You didn’t think of that when others couldn’t read what you uploaded, then you got angry because they hasn’t read it.
Now you are upset because some of the duplicated files that you created and previously uploaded before even considering that there was already a copy there is no longer up there. You now start to get paranoid that you don’t have access because you can’t do a particular task. Nothing’s changed apart from your attitude and now mine towards you.
You ring me and I explain the situation and you get shirty with me!! Well it’s good to see things as they are or most certainly this is only my perspective but others are starting to get annoyed with your numerous extraneous emails as am I.
Clearly your anger is directed at me because I have simply taken some ownership back and you don’t like it! Are men’s egos that fragile? Really??
Not all, but unfortunately, I believe many are. It seems most men have the need to feel in control, and when they aren’t they don’t know what to do except try to be. And, as it would appear in your case, they get upset and immature because they don’t get their way. Even I find it hard to really understand it, how such attitudes and behavior can surface for reasons so insignificant and undeserving of it.
Oh Honey …YES!!! they are…. They sooo ARE… at least most of them are… THere are a few good ones out there.. happy hunting!
I can associate with a similar scenario. And yes! men really are that fragile. I saw something on tv recently about polygamy. The men were ok with having multiple wives but when the idea was turned around and asked if they were ok if their wife took multiple husbands suddenly, that wasn’t ok. I couldn’t help but read the body language of the men. It definitely was about them having to compete, possibly failing or feeling less than THE man. Read that as ‘no longer feeling in control’. I’m straight, though at times I wish I was a lesbian. It would be nice to have a partner, but the male ego that you have to live with in most cases (and from past experiences) is quite a deterrent unless the find a man who is actually secure within himself. Maybe I’ll never find it, maybe I will.