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Respect, What is it to you?
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hamstershaver
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loyalty
foreigngirl
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appriciate what they are doing or done for you, taking care of them even if they go on your nerves, knowing when to shut up so an argument dont go on, never say bad words to your parents no matter what they do or say and never do them wrong
Quadsweeps Sister
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It could be a form of admiration for someone who you look up to.
It might be a feeling you have when a courtesy was paid to you by another person because you made them feel they wanted to.
It may be actions/words you make/speak on behalf of another because they have asked you and are deserving of it.
It might be given to you although you have done nothing for that person, but given due to your actions toward others.
It is earned and given, lost and found.
It is felt and you smile, It is not felt and you hurt.
It might be built again once lost, but only in time.
It could be lost and gone forever.
It is a very important part of any relationship one human being or any living thing has for another.
It might be a feeling you have when a courtesy was paid to you by another person because you made them feel they wanted to.
It may be actions/words you make/speak on behalf of another because they have asked you and are deserving of it.
It might be given to you although you have done nothing for that person, but given due to your actions toward others.
It is earned and given, lost and found.
It is felt and you smile, It is not felt and you hurt.
It might be built again once lost, but only in time.
It could be lost and gone forever.
It is a very important part of any relationship one human being or any living thing has for another.
respect is treating some one with kindness...respect is not hurting or berating some one. you respect some one the same way that you wanted to be respected...the sad part i that respect is as the same as love..you cannot respect some one when you do not respect yourself.....to care for ones feelings and emotions, to take caution so that your actions and words do not cause any harm to a person.
GoldenDelicious
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respect stems from honor. those who do the right thing, for the right reason, who pay the price of doing so, deserve and accumulate respect
...though usually only from other like minded people. most of the population are honorless scum
...though usually only from other like minded people. most of the population are honorless scum
Sassy69
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Respect is something I usually start out w/ as a given when I am introduced to someone. I will give them the respect that I would politely give to anyone I have been introduced to. I think the person has implicitly earned a bit of respect in that someone you know felt they were valuable enough to share with you.
From that point, I generally apply respect to the people I work for and with, to my family and friends, people around me who I have to interact with. Therefore it really becomes theirs to lose.
For people who I know only as acquaintences, because there isn't much to base your appraisal of them on, if they do something intentionally or stupidly hurtful to me or those around me, the respect begins to disappear.
The "respect capital" a person has earned with you over the course of time or experiences does have value if you see that person pull somethign stupid, but it does raise a red flag. If you see fundamental things the person pulls that are stupid, then the respect gets chipped away at quickly. If I have enough respect for that person, I will take the time to talk about whatever I thought was the stupid move. If not, then I won't bother - apparently the person doens't need any help being an idiot and they have every right to be given a clear path to pursue that route.
I think over the last couple of years I've become much more strict about giving out my respect as I've tried to respect people who are really just parasites and think they can actually ride my and other people's friendship & respect w/ no consideration at all. These people dont' even get the consideration of a call to tell them to fuck off. They are summarily booted from my life. Those who are not like those people are given that much more respect and consideration because you see the differences in the people who deserve your respect much more clearly delineated.
Its probably not as cut & dried as that for me, but its getting closer all the time. Or maybe I'm discovering that people I think should be so damn great because of positions they hold, really arent' and if anything, are probably more mediocre than those I might've not been as impressed with. I guess you call that age & experience.
From that point, I generally apply respect to the people I work for and with, to my family and friends, people around me who I have to interact with. Therefore it really becomes theirs to lose.
For people who I know only as acquaintences, because there isn't much to base your appraisal of them on, if they do something intentionally or stupidly hurtful to me or those around me, the respect begins to disappear.
The "respect capital" a person has earned with you over the course of time or experiences does have value if you see that person pull somethign stupid, but it does raise a red flag. If you see fundamental things the person pulls that are stupid, then the respect gets chipped away at quickly. If I have enough respect for that person, I will take the time to talk about whatever I thought was the stupid move. If not, then I won't bother - apparently the person doens't need any help being an idiot and they have every right to be given a clear path to pursue that route.
I think over the last couple of years I've become much more strict about giving out my respect as I've tried to respect people who are really just parasites and think they can actually ride my and other people's friendship & respect w/ no consideration at all. These people dont' even get the consideration of a call to tell them to fuck off. They are summarily booted from my life. Those who are not like those people are given that much more respect and consideration because you see the differences in the people who deserve your respect much more clearly delineated.
Its probably not as cut & dried as that for me, but its getting closer all the time. Or maybe I'm discovering that people I think should be so damn great because of positions they hold, really arent' and if anything, are probably more mediocre than those I might've not been as impressed with. I guess you call that age & experience.
seizer
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Respect for others...I would say treat them like they're apart of you. Like they actually stem from you.
To have self respect is to not negiotate your principles and to do and think what feels right to you. To have full self respect for ones self is to be 100% honest with ones self.
With regards to giving others respect. Intially, I treat everyone equally. A clean slate. Like everyone else, you start at the bottom and earn my respect. No exceptions. I dont care if you're older than me and think that seniority demands respect, because it doesnt. I apologize if I sound rude, but the only factor separating me and the guy who's 60 years old is time. And neither of us or anybody else for that matter has control over that.
To have self respect is to not negiotate your principles and to do and think what feels right to you. To have full self respect for ones self is to be 100% honest with ones self.
With regards to giving others respect. Intially, I treat everyone equally. A clean slate. Like everyone else, you start at the bottom and earn my respect. No exceptions. I dont care if you're older than me and think that seniority demands respect, because it doesnt. I apologize if I sound rude, but the only factor separating me and the guy who's 60 years old is time. And neither of us or anybody else for that matter has control over that.
strangebrew
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Lumberg said:
I agree. This thread belongs in the espanol forum. Those guys know what's up.
KillahBee
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tough to say, so different in so many situations. I was recently at dinner with a female friend of mine. Real nice restaurant, great dinner. Anyway, at the end of the evening I went to get our coats while she went to the ladies room (she had to walk thru the dining area to get there). when she came back and we were leaving she told me that the waiter that had poured our wine at dinner stopped her and basically hit on her. now in the long run, I don't know this guy and him disrespecting me is not a big deal. but at that moment in time I was beyond enraged. She as almost in tears trying to hold me back from going and having a talk with him about it. I couldn't get her to understand that what pissed me off about the whole thing was the utter lack of respect this kid had for me, her and himself. I told her that I would have respected him if he would have walked right up to us at the table and done it in front of me. That's respect, that's being a man.
Just a recent example. In general, respect is doing what's right, relative to who you are and how you grew up.
Just a recent example. In general, respect is doing what's right, relative to who you are and how you grew up.
respect is the maturity to leave other people alone
JarheadChiro
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This seems to get me some respect.
Bikini Mod
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This is the internet... it is all a facade.
No matter what some old-timers WANT to believe (myself included), there simply ain't no such animal.
No matter what some old-timers WANT to believe (myself included), there simply ain't no such animal.
