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What strategies do y'all employ to remain calm during a confrontation or argument?

Shoot first and ask questions later.

With friend, foe, or hot woman?

“…Be nice…Until it’s time to not be nice! “ paraphrased from Patrick Swayze in Road House

I don't have much patience with strangers, or people outside my friends.

I never found anyone's opinion that particularly interesting enough to get excited about.

With age comes patience, and after gaining a lot of age and a little patience, I have discovered a quiet calm demeanor wins more ground than loud noise. At the very least, many times after a calm unemotional explanation....your antagonist probably won't come to your point of view....but he will understand where you are coming from, and lower the temperature of the conflict. Warning, NOTHING works when your antagonist is under the influence. Save your breath.

I'm calm, even when I'm not.

Speak softly, and aim for center mass.

"You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone".
Al Capone

Take a snort of whiskey and pull out a machete. The argument will end.

In my experience, unreasonable people get treated unreasonably.

I used to deal with this on almost a daily basis years ago... with that said.... I did live with a HOT woman for a bit, and I could never win a [bleep] test. not once.

So, this would be a common response that worked.

"Ok, I hear what you are saying.... and..... you a have a good point and you make a good argument. Also, I have to say, I agree with you. You are right.... However, This is the way that I am going to go, because the needs that I have to fulfill, are more important to me. And so, that is what we need to do. "

"now, tell me... what are you going to do? I need to know if I need to go in a different direction to get my needs done...."

High noon explain a little more before I can respond how

Just realize that getting upset won't help the situation and won't help you win.

Let the other party be the aśśhole, and people will pick up on that.

As long as it all takes place outside my personal space I don't get rattled. Any closer than that and the mood changes quickly

Fire up a fattie

Engage in the activity 7 days a week so you're numb to the process.

Argument, usually not difficult. Listen and analyze, work your knowledge/logic, consider the arguing source and don't lower yourself to their level if they are crude/dishonest etc.. Confrontation of verbal sort - same response.

If confrontation involves laying anything at all on me or my folks, or trying to take my stuff, calm is not a goal, or even a thought.

My brain instantly jumps to what the repercussions could be with different scenarios.

Too old to deal with fools and foolishness. Not much time left and I won’t squander it on such. I hate a man or woman with no civility ( a paraphrase from Lonesome Dove).