Do you voice your opinions or stay quiet?

I think that communication is monumental in a relationship. If you don't communicate your feelings you have no right to get upset about any issues that might come up. Remember, you only go through this life once and to just stay quiet hurts your Karma and retards your relationships.

I have the same problem. I absolutely hate confrontation. I am especially weary of it when it involves a superior or someone who is older than me. Recently, I was running an event for work and one of the workers I hired was an old friend of my boss. Furthermore, she was about the age of my mother. A couple days before this event, my boss had given me a talk about being more assertive and standing up for myself. She told me that I was a great person and great at what I do, but that I was so nice that I was bound to get taken advantage of. So when this older woman (the friend of my boss) was not doing her job and instead playing on her cell phone during my event, I knew I had to address the situation, but I didn't know how. I feared disrespecting the woman and my boss. I ended up asking my boss to talk to her when my boss came to the event to check on me. My boss was very angry that the woman was not performing her job correctly because my boss wasn't there and she didn't think I was an authority (even though my boss had entrusted me with the responsibility of handling this event for a client). How in the future could I deal with such a situation in an appropriate way, but without getting my boss involved or seeming disrespectful?

I don't have a problem voicing my opinion when I think my values have been demeaned or challenged. I usually establish my values upfront so that everybody knows where I stand. I won't keep quiet to appease someone just because they have a louder voice than me.

Whether I will voice my opinions or stay quiet,entirely depends on the situations and circumstances that I am facing.I think,I will speak,where I am required to do it,otherwise not.