People who like to push your buttons and try to provoke an attack always intrigue me. You see this occur when you are in a vulnerable position such as alone with a date in a bar or at the beach, a concert and even at a sporting event.
Here is a situation where you are “put on the spot” at a moments notice.
You are at a concert…a guy with a few beers and a few friends is sitting behind you and he decides that he wants to test you. He voices his opinion about how your date/wife/girlfriend would be much better off with him than with you. You have had a few beers yourself and earlier that day you had a narrow escape from a hurried motorist who wanted badly to move your car out of the way. Top it off with a security guard at the gate who took away your companions’ new umbrella. Your internal thermometer is reaching the boiling point. This guy is trying to find the right button. You turn around and excuse yourself, and laugh. He say’s to you…”I am no f****** comedian”.
Do you have a boiling point or threshold that someone can cause you to reach?
What other word or words could he say to trigger your remaining frustration and cause you to attack him?
What can you say to defuse this threat without causing a fight in the stands?