stop being so bossy

I have a very bossy nature, i feel the need to be in control and to control thoes around me. Even for the smallest thing, i think i get a sense of power by getting people to see it my way and changing their mind when i disagree with them. I feel bad for my husband, he is so sweet and hates to fight about stupid things, while i am just the opposite and feel the need to fight over every aspect of life!!! help

i dont know y but he though i was bossy for some reason i miss and would take another chance and would make it better for him if i could.

Do you think bossiness could be genetic?

Cause sometimes I feel like I inherited it from someone.

I won’t name any names, but you know who you are. :P

omg, i lost most all my friends because of being bossy, i reaaly need to stop but i dont know how to!!!! please somebody give me advice

I kinda forgot about this goal!

I’m not too sure about it actually, I think that sometimes being bossy can be a good thing. I don’t mean telling people what to do all the time (obviously that gets annoying), but being assertive is ok. You just have to use moderation with bossiness, like everything.

Lets face it, sometimes you just have to say it. Whatever it is, it just has to be said and to heck with the consequences. I mean really, parents are bossy at times but sometimes they have good reasons. Kids need to be told to brush their teeth. Is that a bad kind of bossy? I don’t think so. It is for their own good.

I don’t think I want to stop telling the people I care about what I think they should do entirely. I think I will think of this more as a ‘pick your battles’ thing.

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Bossy Bear is very bossy. He wants everything HIS way, and he wants it NOW!

This goal is so me, sadly. I suffer from an older sister/first born complex. I have always been a bit of a mother hen. My boyfriend scolds me when I’m bossy, but he can handle it. His mom and sis are really high powered ladies too, so he is used to it.

I don’t know what he would do if I wasn’t the way I am: outspoken, energetic, stubborn, and… yes: bossy. However, I need to tone it down a little sometimes. I feel bad when I’m really bossy, but sometimes I just can’t stop myself.

I’ve been working on this for a while though… I will never be the ‘don’t speak until spoken to’ girl, but at least I can try to be less motherly and more easygoing. I need to put myself in my place before someone does it for me, lol!

Well, I’ve known for a long time that I’m not shy about telling people what I think. I’m opinionated, and I’ve never been quiet.

My boyfriend called me bossy the other day (which I was at the time) and when I told my sisters about it, they said “probably because you ARE bossy.” Ouch.

So maybe I should look at that a little more. I figure this is just the place for me to write about it, because I don’t really want the people who call me bossy to read it.

When I first started using this site, I didn’t think it would be much more than a place to occasionally look at things and post sometimes. There have been a couple of goals on here that have really come to fruition because of 43t. One of them is “listen more and talk less.” I hope I can have as much success on this goal as I have on that one.

Wish me luck! (oh, that sounded bossy)

Well, I have a boyfriend and I’ve been dating him for 5 1/2 months now! Yesterday, he called me and told me that I was bossy. No one has called me bossy since the summer of 2005!! It really makes me mad when my boyfriend call me bossy because I love him so much. But now all I have to do is figure out how to stop being so damn bossy!! I’ll just take it one step at a time.