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When I was growing up, I lived in a household where no conversation was at a normal volume. Everything was elevated in volume. My parents frequently raised their voices at each other.
When I started dating, it was like a culture shock because I was speaking to women in normal tones and they were replying in kind. Now and again we'd raise our voices out of frustration, but it seems that raising the voice is considered by different people to be every end of the spectrum from normal when you are frustrated to downright nasty and mean.
So my question is this: how often do you raise your voice out of frustration or feeling like you are not being heard, or any reason? No judgments here, I'm just wondering if it's more normal than not.
When I was growing up, I lived in a household where no conversation was at a normal volume. Everything was elevated in volume. My parents frequently raised their voices at each other.
When I started dating, it was like a culture shock because I was speaking to women in normal tones and they were replying in kind. Now and again we'd raise our voices out of frustration, but it seems that raising the voice is considered by different people to be every end of the spectrum from normal when you are frustrated to downright nasty and mean.
So my question is this: how often do you raise your voice out of frustration or feeling like you are not being heard, or any reason? No judgments here, I'm just wondering if it's more normal than not.
It depends on who I talk to, if it's my mother I need to raise my voice to get something said at all or she'll just go on and on until the end of days.
with friends etc I don't think I've had to raise my voice since last year (not counting parties where everyone singing loud etc)
With my father I can remember raising my voice once when I was about 6 years old but thats about it. He never raised his voice towards me. ever.
Almost never. I have a voice which "carries" and never feel the need to raise it. If someone starts yelling at me I wait for them to finish and then address them quietly in rational terms. Can't stand the noise of people yelling at each other - what's the point?
The only time I really let loose was a few years ago when I finally confronted the stupid crackhead who had been stealing things from me. What I said to him can't be repeated but the whole neighborhood heard me and it wasn't pretty. Did the trick though - he never bothered me again!
When I was growing up, I lived in a household where no conversation was at a normal volume. Everything was elevated in volume. My parents frequently raised their voices at each other.
When I started dating, it was like a culture shock because I was speaking to women in normal tones and they were replying in kind. Now and again we'd raise our voices out of frustration, but it seems that raising the voice is considered by different people to be every end of the spectrum from normal when you are frustrated to downright nasty and mean.
So my question is this: how often do you raise your voice out of frustration or feeling like you are not being heard, or any reason? No judgments here, I'm just wondering if it's more normal than not.
I have a 17 year old son. I raise my voice every flippin' day.
Nowadays, you raise your voice in public and you get a net thrown over your head and/or tasered.
Good thing you were born here - you're not going to be asked why you don't go somewhere else!
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