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I'm a laid-back sort of guy. I don't let things get to me, and if I do lose my temper it's never for very long. That being said, my opinion is always something I stand by. It irks me when people say 'You think you are always right', because I can't see a great deal of use spouting garbage-infested inaccuracies if you believe them to be untrue. And I'm not saying that I am always right; from time to time I back the wrong horse, or history changes to make a liar of me. But I never argue my case if I think it is incorrect, that is preposterousness beyond my comprehension.

Being wrong is something that we all have to deal with from time to time. Some more than me others. I would like to think that I am decent enough to acknowledge when I am proven to be in the wrong, and I show my acknowledgement by sticking my fingers in my ears and blurting 'Blah, blah, blah! I can't hear you!'.

On a serious note, if you are wrong you should just admit it. It saves a lot of embarrassment in the long run, because if you keep arguing your point you just look more and more foolish. And if you find yourself getting angry when you are putting your point across, regardless of who is right, it's probably best to just forget it. When discussions become heated, things can escalate quickly and perhaps some phrases might fall from your lips that you hadn't planned on voicing, or that heavy blunt object in your hand is looking more and more like a tool that you should use to bludgeon your beliefs into others. It rarely works.

I do think, though, that arguing has its merits. If you are in a relationship and you argue incessantly, you should probably think about going your separate ways. However, if you do not argue at all then you have either got the perfect relationship (which doesn't exist), you are being drugged by your lover (that actually happens all the time), or you don't care enough about each other to bother arguing. The latter is the more likely of the three, and again you should probably start shopping around. Unless your careless partner is a millionaire, or something that completely outweighs the loveless prison you have built for yourself. Occasional arguments in a relationship are good - they help you to understand each other more, show that you have passion for each other, and sometimes you argue your point because you think it will better your significant other. From time to time, of course, you argue because they are doing that really annoying thing that you just can;t stand and you've told them hundreds of times before but they just don't listen and keep on and on and... well, nobody's perfect.