How to decide that someone is an emotional fool or not?
By grvdubey11
@grvdubey11 (1879)
India
April 26, 2013 2:03pm CST
There are lot of instances when we see people calling others emotional fools, however i am curious that what makes you an emotional fool.Is the emotional outburst which happens when you are in trouble makes you an emotional fool or someone who easily trusts somebody who is blackmailing them emotionally can be called an emotional fool.Everybody has emotions and the ways to express them,is calling people emotional fools too harsh or fair enough?
5 responses
@betlynfrnds (4069)
• United States
26 Apr 13
I know somebody who is emotional and who says very foolish things. Does that make her an emotional fool? 
I think so, maybe.
You have both sides of the coin going here. The emotional outburst and the gullible, overly trusting one.
If someone has an outburst, has very good reason for it and is one who is not known for having outbursts on a regular basis or for no good reason, I would not call that person a fool.
The people who are constantly bickering about this, that and everything else and who feel that they have to be very loud and obnoxious about it, they, to me are the emotional fools.
The person who is naive and trusts the wrong individuals but learns their lesson and does not repeat the same mistake again is not an emotional fool in my book.
If this person keeps trusting the wrong people and can't seem to get it, well, I may label them an emotional fool as well.
Only in time and after getting to know a person well enough can we give him or her the proper label. They have earned whatever label they have just by their own actions.
I think so, maybe.
You have both sides of the coin going here. The emotional outburst and the gullible, overly trusting one.
If someone has an outburst, has very good reason for it and is one who is not known for having outbursts on a regular basis or for no good reason, I would not call that person a fool.
The people who are constantly bickering about this, that and everything else and who feel that they have to be very loud and obnoxious about it, they, to me are the emotional fools.
The person who is naive and trusts the wrong individuals but learns their lesson and does not repeat the same mistake again is not an emotional fool in my book.
If this person keeps trusting the wrong people and can't seem to get it, well, I may label them an emotional fool as well.
Only in time and after getting to know a person well enough can we give him or her the proper label. They have earned whatever label they have just by their own actions.@grvdubey11 (1879)
• India
27 Apr 13
Thank you for the explanation.Like you mentioned correctly there are several scenario in which the concerned person can be named as emotional fool, in addition to that i think those who are just waiting for the chance to create emotional drama due to some situation can be called emotional fools too.Thanks a lot for your response.
@betlynfrnds (4069)
• United States
27 Apr 13
You are welcome, grvdubey11.
I believe that everything depends on the tendencies of the individual.
I know the drama queens, yes indeed. Their tendency of being that drama queen makes them the emotional fool in my book.
Hoping you have a wonderful day. 
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
27 Apr 13
In the instance of someone who easily trusts someone, they could be see as naive and somewhat gullible, I would define an emotional fool as someone who wears their heart on their sleeve, they give their heart away to others too easily, so it can be trodden on, abused and used. I used to be an emotional fool, until I wised up and life happened, now I am probably the exact opposite, emotions are very hard to deal with and manage, especially if we are not used to them, or exhibiting them in public.
@grvdubey11 (1879)
• India
27 Apr 13
Honest response as always,actually giving away the heart works many times and has positive effects.However there are lot of people who would manipulate any person like that.So its not worth taking the risk.Thanks a lot for your response.
@allknowing (136089)
• India
27 Apr 13
If one sees someone going overboard doing things resulting from emotions then may be they could be called that. Giving in to tears of a loved one is a good example.
@grvdubey11 (1879)
• India
27 Apr 13
Its certainly a good example, so its about not going overboard while expressing the emotions.I have seen people like that , they tend to overdo things like you correctly mentioned and it looks a bit dramatic. Something similar to Srk movies(i hope no srk fan will take offence in that).Thanks a lot for your response.
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
27 Apr 13
Hi,
I don't understand why to call emotional people emotional fool. Everyone has emotions. Some people express emotions and some people don't want to show emotions. They can hide emotions. My wife is very emotional and I don't show my emotions.
@grvdubey11 (1879)
• India
27 Apr 13
Hello roshigo,
I don't think emotional people are called emotional fools.Everyone has emotions and they express them.Our friends here have mentioned different cases in which a person involved can be called emotional fool,not everyone falls in that category.Thanks a lot for your response.
@RAJASB (109)
• India
27 Apr 13
Move around a person for quite some time and get closed to him/her, you can easily make out if he's an emotional fool or not? If it's a guy you can easily make out after few drinks. It's not finding out about them, we should try to help them in overcoming from that nature. It needs a great inner strength to behave like a man in society.
@grvdubey11 (1879)
• India
27 Apr 13
Well that's quite interesting way to look at things.I agree ,being close to someone does help to know about his/he nature and whether that person is emotional fool or not.Thanks a lot for your response.
