How would you response to people who always think that they are better than U ?

Hong Kong
November 28, 2010 9:07am CST
It is nice to have friends who will respect each others but in a the real world, we can't control how others think about us. If you ignore how others think about you all the times, you will be a person who always be self-centered. But on the other hand, if you always care about how others think about you, you will not be happy because you might be a person who always feel lack of self-confidence. There are are just some people in this world who loves to think that they are always better than you or others. If you would encounter people like this , how would you response to them Share with us ?
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@kaye114 (28)
29 Nov 10
Millions and millions of people all over the world, each have different personalities, traits and attitude. Dealing with people whom extremely believe that they are better that others is quite hard. I have a personal experience to share, at first I'm very upset that she thinks she's best but as days went on, i learned to play with her kind of game. I see to it that i'm always good in everything! it doesn't matter if she's feeling better, what matters is what other people choose to be best...
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• Philippines
29 Nov 10
hello wildlittlefan! for your own peace of mind, never mind those people who thinks they're better than you. I don't mind them, i let them be. It would not help me in anyway minding what they think. Of course, in order for us to be unselfish or not self-centered, we should also consider other people's behavior or opinion. But it does not mean that you will accept what they say at point-blank. By being open to other people, you will not get self-centered. However, you should learn to screen what other people say, what you would allow to affect your and what not. Would it really matter if other people think they're better than us? will it change what we are? will it change everything? it will not. If its true, it will just make you feel depressed and discouraged.Anyway, life is no contest. We each has a life to live on. What might be better for them, is no better than bad for us and vice-versa. So, it's better to just let these people be and go on your own way and live your own life.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
1 Dec 10
I really don't like to deal with people that are like this so I will typically smile and nod at them. I don't tend to have any kind of a deep relationship with someone like this, however, because of the fact that I have a hard time dealing with people that have superiority issues. In addition to that, I also try my best to never talk about people like this because of the fact that it isn't good to talk about other people at all.
@RobtheRock (2433)
• United States
29 Dec 10
I'm responding to this better late than never. I'm used to being around people who think they're better than me. Thus, I sort of wear an invisible shield of armor around myself. I live in a very stereotypical place. I've worked off and on at the amusement park for twelve years without ever getting a managerial position. And this is in spite of the fact that I've been the Head of a math department, am a published writer, and am a computer geek. I've put myself in this situation by working at the park instead of teaching (I hate teaching children but will tutor them.) So as I work at the amusement park, I always get folks who think they are smarter than me. On of my supervisors thought he was smarter than me when it comes to computers. One day a supervisor told me that she was having problems with her computer. As I was telling her what she could do, this know-it-all supervisor (the one who dropped out of junior college and butchered the English language with his famous "hyperthetically") butted in as if I was an after thought. I told him to step back, that he didn't know 1,000,000th as much as me. Once I started rattling off things about the computer, he came back at me with the fact that his "sister is a computer expert." Another time a girl from Romania was getting ready to go home because her work contract was up. She didn't have a credit card, so she paid this guy from India to use his credit card to get her a computer. She came to me to see what she should do since the computer might not arrive before she left. As I began to give her some ideas. I was interrupted by another worker who thought my ideas weren't too smart. She didn't listen to me and when she left, the computer hadn't come yet. Months later she wrote and told me that her computer didn't come and she didn't know how to contact the guy from India. Making a long story short. she lost a lot of money for a computer she didn't get. So I've expeienced a lot of incidents with people who thought they were better than me. It drives me to write and get more published.
• Philippines
28 Nov 10
Just like what you've said if we ignore how others think then we'll be considered as self-centered person but if we always cared how others think then we might feel lack of self-confidence, so people are usually caught in the middle. Well for me, we all have a choice actually. We only get to consider those things I've said above when we think advance even before we do things. All of us have a choice, all of us have our own mind to control, no one has to be a boss when it comes to thinking and controlling ourselves. So why do we always have to consider other prior to to ourselves? For me this situation only occurs when humanitarian aspects has to be considered but if we are talking about self respect then we must consider ourselves first before others. Just think about this, who would respect you if you don't respect yourself? As for those who thinks that they are better than me then let it be. Let them think what they wanted. It's just them, it's just in their mind. We know ourselves better than anybody else, so we know who's better and who's best. It is a common thing for people, to think they are better than somebody.
• Hong Kong
5 Dec 10
I think you have a point in here that we should learn to respect ourself. There are times we will always step under by our supervisor, our boss or some other people who just always love to be boss around with others. For those working relationship , we might not have achoice because we have to deal with those people everyday in our working environment. But for freinds, we definately have achoice. I don't like to stick around with people who loves to boost on themselves at all times and think that they are the most important people in the world. If I have achoice , I prefer to stay away from people likw that in order not to be hurt by them. There are jsut so many wisdom we have to use in dealing with interpersonal relationship. Frankly speaking, sometimes I will get tired to face so many people with different character and different personality in thi sowrld. There are times I just love to play around with the computer and eran some money from it or learn something from the internet. That way I can have some positive acheivment and no need to deal with any relationship. But on the other hand, dealing with difficult people is also a way for us to growth in life.We can't just encpunter with those people we like in this world all the times. At least the world doesn't allow us to live in such a harmony all the times. There will always be challenge and sometimes unhappy event as well. But I think there rae times we may see others as a mirror to us. We sometimes don't like those character and personality because we have hurting expereince from people like these before. On the other hand, We might have those character deep inside our soul. Well, human just always so complicated and I never consider human is simple. That's why we nned God to deal with us and for sure He is dealing with each individual in our everyday life. Happy mylot
28 Nov 10
If my friend is such people ,I feel really sorry ,i will ignore her/him,he think he is better than me ,he must be very pride and may laugh at me when talking to me ,which in my opinion i will not stand ,friends mean equal and respect each other !
@Zaphan (710)
• Philippines
30 Nov 10
nothing as long as you know in your self that you're fine. nothing will loose.
@SimpleBB (1329)
• Philippines
29 Nov 10
Well probably I will just let him/her to that belief, besides everyone is entitled to his own opinion. If that's what he believes, then let it be, It is other people who will judge him anyway. That's why there are people who wants to know a person well before he would comment on his character. For most of the time, they are also some people unaware of what they are behaving, and they need someone to tell them about it. So, probably we have to know a person better before judging someone.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
29 Nov 10
For me I feel not goof to then I will never been together in them.Because in the bible bad association spoiled useful habit.
• Philippines
29 Nov 10
Hi! I know that kind of people you are talking about. Lol. There are lots of them, haha... I have a relative who will ask for an advice and when you advice her she will say that she doesn't think that it's right, lol, and this goes on for every advice she asks. So, now when she ask me something I just play around with her making her more confuse than ever. You don't wanna get serious with this kind of people, just play around with them.
• Philippines
29 Nov 10
its a reality of life and we shouldnt compare ourselves with others cuz it will only give feelings of disappointment since there would always be people greater and lesser than you are. we are not all equal. we are different and unique so if our friends are arrogant and thinks theyre better than us then theyre entitled to their own opinion. everyone are...
• Indonesia
29 Nov 10
Just follow his rhythm , I don't really care if he boasts about everything. I just follow and follow his way until the time I have to speak up. Oh yes, you're better than me, so what? Something like that. if he has gone too far, time for me to act. I will say, you're nothing but words. You're nothing to me. I say it and I'll go away and grin.
@gambama (90)
29 Nov 10
I don't have energy to waste on people who will pull me down. If someone thinks s/he is better than me, that person is no longer my friend,
@gambama (90)
30 Nov 10
I don't have extra energy to waste on people like that. People who think they are better than me are no longer my friends,
• Philippines
30 Nov 10
i know myself better than other people. so i really don't care what other people think of me. as people, we all have our strengths and weaknesses so we should respect each other and not think that we are better than others. i really don't like and respect those people who think highly of themselves. they are a big turn off. if you are really good then there's no need to prove it to other other people.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
29 Nov 10
ignore them. my father is like that. since we were kids he was not visibvle to us. he knows that his responsibility is to give money to feed us and to be able us to go to school. we only see him at home picking up fights with our mom. now that we are all adults he talks as if he is the only intelligent person. well maybe because he does not know us very well. he dont even know what we went through. he was not even there for special ocasions like graduation so he didnt know who and what we are. so when people like my father thinks they are more intelligent then i listen if they have somehting to say that i can pick up points with, but if they will only boast then i ignore, stand up and walk away.
• United States
28 Nov 10
I'm a person who is blunt & speak the truth. I will confront the person if they act like they're all that because that's stupid. No one is perfect and everyone has flaws! They probably have flaws too and I would just put them on the stop and point out their flaws and they usually shut up.
@tudorm (85)
• United States
28 Nov 10
I don't usually ignore my friends but i am not usually the one to tell them if they are better or not.I let them think they are better.