Are you a push over?

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What's a push over?

it's a fruit turnover disrespected by apple-haters. rim shot. ok, bad joke. sorry
if you look in the dictionary, you will find my name and general description as the definition for "pushover," IOW a timid somebody who is easily cowed by bullies of all stripes. when i was a little kid, i was sitting in a swivel chair at a neighbor's house, and that neighbor's 5-year-old proto-bully child set upon me and tried to spin me dizzy-silly while i was sitting in their living room swivelling easy chair, so i put my feet down and stopped before i got dizzy, and he shrieked at me like i had just plucked-out his family jewels, and cried piteously, and when that didn't work he screamed "MOMMMMMMMMMMYYYY!" - and because 1] i couldn't stand the sight of somebody crying, and 2] since i knew that the little brat could do no wrong in his [somewhat] unhinged mother's eyes [and of whom i was spooked], i relented and let the little thug spin me silly. now THAT [me] is a example of a pushover.

I'm a bit of a push over but I do say no to people who push me too far. When someone asks me to do something I try to work out if that person would show me the same kindness if I asked it of them. I don't mind doing nice things for nice people but try to stay away from people who are likely to take advantage.

Also if someone is making me feel uncomfortable I usually just ignore them or walk away and that usually gets the message accross.

I'm not usually a pushover. I don't have any great skills in reading people, so I just err on the side of caution and cynicism. I'm very polite about it but I don't trust people much and I won't take big risks with them. Of course I lose out on a lot of opportunities, but without mind-reading skills I don't see I have much choice.

Never!

I'm a rebel!

Psh, nobody push me over.

Make it great to be a girl though.

This.