Broke up with my boyfriend over road rage incident

[Anonymous]

I'm not particularly interested in what anyone thinks about my self diagnosed mild road rage. My only point, and my husband would agree with this assessment, is that just because someone exhibits irritation/anger while driving, that doesn't mean they are a closet rage-a-holic in other aspects of their life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not particularly interested in what anyone thinks about my self diagnosed mild road rage. My only point, and my husband would agree with this assessment, is that just because someone exhibits irritation/anger while driving, that doesn't mean they are a closet rage-a-holic in other aspects of their life.

Well, given the fact that you continue to post on here and argue with people about it, that does not appear to be true. And it also doesn't point to the "I only have irritation/anger issues in that one aspect of my life"

Thanks for proving everyone's assumptions about road ragers though. Nice to know it was well founded

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not particularly interested in what anyone thinks about my self diagnosed mild road rage. My only point, and my husband would agree with this assessment, is that just because someone exhibits irritation/anger while driving, that doesn't mean they are a closet rage-a-holic in other aspects of their life.

Well, given the fact that you continue to post on here and argue with people about it, that does not appear to be true. And it also doesn't point to the "I only have irritation/anger issues in that one aspect of my life"

Thanks for proving everyone's assumptions about road ragers though. Nice to know it was well founded

I'm not arguing about anything, I admitted it wasn't my best quality straight up!

Gotta be honest you seem way more angry than I do champ. Have a nice night

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not particularly interested in what anyone thinks about my self diagnosed mild road rage. My only point, and my husband would agree with this assessment, is that just because someone exhibits irritation/anger while driving, that doesn't mean they are a closet rage-a-holic in other aspects of their life.

Well, given the fact that you continue to post on here and argue with people about it, that does not appear to be true. And it also doesn't point to the "I only have irritation/anger issues in that one aspect of my life"

Thanks for proving everyone's assumptions about road ragers though. Nice to know it was well founded

I'm not arguing about anything, I admitted it wasn't my best quality straight up!

Gotta be honest you seem way more angry than I do champ. Have a nice night

And the passive aggressive LOL emoji

It just keeps getting worse

[Anonymous]

Feel good OP. I wish I would've broken up with my ex when he did shit like this.

[Anonymous]

OP you dodged a bullet big time.

Theres nothing quite like a nice normal looking man who turns our to have rage. My xh did, I discovered 1 year in. I didnt sleep for 7 months, then I left. I'm still shaken and tearful, i need therapy.

[Anonymous]

NP here. I get annoyed with people blocking a right turn lane bc they zipped past a long line of traffic and then try to force a merge back into the main flow of traffic. They block all of us trying to go right and cut ahead of all the people who adhered to the assigned lanes. I will often honk trying to get them give up and just go right so our lane can go -- and have honked as I pass them to chastise them for being scofflaws. Unreasonable? Should I just make peace with this behavior?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I get annoyed with people blocking a right turn lane bc they zipped past a long line of traffic and then try to force a merge back into the main flow of traffic. They block all of us trying to go right and cut ahead of all the people who adhered to the assigned lanes. I will often honk trying to get them give up and just go right so our lane can go -- and have honked as I pass them to chastise them for being scofflaws. Unreasonable? Should I just make peace with this behavior?

Not the same thing. Unless you are doing it excessively. Still jerky (really, honking to chastise them??), but doesn't seem like some of the honking incidents I've seen.

Seems to me that OP did the right thing for her. Road rage is dangerous, and this is a red flag about how this gentleman operates. He doesn't care about her feelings or other people.

OP! Great call! You did the right thing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not particularly interested in what anyone thinks about my self diagnosed mild road rage. My only point, and my husband would agree with this assessment, is that just because someone exhibits irritation/anger while driving, that doesn't mean they are a closet rage-a-holic in other aspects of their life.

Maybe. But it is one of the risk I am not willing to take, especially given that I like very tall men. I decided not to marry any man with any anger issues. I won't stand a chance against my exes in a fight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I will admit I have what I call mild to moderate road rage... No one's perfect!

Figure your issues out. You are a danger to others on the road

+1 Think of good behavior and self-control in the car as an extension of the rules of the road. Rules make a complicated moving system work and by extension, keep more people moving faster and more safely. "Honking at people doing dumb things" is distracting to everyone around you (the driver you're honking at, the other drivers, and to you too). It's the community-level version of yelling at someone. It disrupts the system. That's why it's so selfish.

Yep, road rage lady pp, you don't get to self-diagnose and forgive yourself on this. Instead, work on ridding yourself of the road rage. We'll all benefit from it.

[Anonymous]

Honking the horn is now considered road rage? For real?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honking the horn is now considered road rage? For real?

It depends why you are honking. Are you signaling trouble or just being aggressive?

Honking several times to show your disapproval of the other driver's past conduct is road rage.

As a driver, it is very distracting when someone is honking over and over again. Nothing good can come out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could never date someone who had road rage. That's just one of those things that, IMO, is indicative of so much more. And a general entitlement/intelligence/anger issue.

ITA. There's so much more going on behind the horn honking.

Good job, op. You deserve someone who is more emotionally mature than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honking the horn is now considered road rage? For real?

Yes, unrelenting horn honking in a driving situation op described is absolutely road rage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not particularly interested in what anyone thinks about my self diagnosed mild road rage. My only point, and my husband would agree with this assessment, is that just because someone exhibits irritation/anger while driving, that doesn't mean they are a closet rage-a-holic in other aspects of their life.

Well, given the fact that you continue to post on here and argue with people about it, that does not appear to be true. And it also doesn't point to the "I only have irritation/anger issues in that one aspect of my life"

Thanks for proving everyone's assumptions about road ragers though. Nice to know it was well founded

I'm not arguing about anything, I admitted it wasn't my best quality straight up!

Gotta be honest you seem way more angry than I do champ. Have a nice night

And the passive aggressive LOL emoji

It just keeps getting worse

Np here. I agree, but pp isn't mature enough to realize it.