My husband and I just went out for a drink. This obnoxious couple sits next to us at a bar and starts talking his work in mortgage banking. He says his job is to go all over the country and take people out to dinner. My husband and I are recently retired. We are mid 50's and have met plenty of scum like this guy. I almost got into a fight with this idiot and his squeaky wife. We are retired in our mid50's and this idiot is out there screwing people and defending B of A. I know this doesn't make sense but I 1) think banks are scum and 2) thin anyone who works for them are dillusional. I don't think I am passive aggressive, I think I am aggressive. Especially when I meet a wolf in sheeps clothing. There are so many assholes out there and I have nothing to loose by calling them out.

It's about the same. Average to above average. I wish I wasn't as much of an asshole as I am. (Seriously) But if I haven't changed by now I guess it's too late.

More direct when I engage. Increased tendency not to engage in what's not important to me, and less and less is important. Letting go of the small stuff and focusing more.

Nope. Just more direct, I mean what I say now.

I read in a book (it was called something like, "The Female Brain") that as estrogen levels decline, we become less passive aggressive and more blunt. The theory is, as estrogen declines, we become less nurturing and more likely to address our own needs. I have no idea if this theory is accepted in the scientific community, however.

No. I've become aggressive aggressive. Life's too short.