Two Posts In One Day?: Pass on That Aggression

"So one of my friends was passive-aggressive with me today..."

In J's words
Passive-aggressive: adj.; When people are too lazy to actually communicate their feelings of anger.

Ever deal with a friend who you've recently fought with that kind of just ignored you for a while? Wasn't as talkative as usual? I'm pretty sure everyone has, because everyone deals with similar dramas with their friends, and at one point or another, you deal with passive-aggression. But the question is, how do you deal with it?
Are we passive about passive-aggression?

When the Big Bad Fight is over, how do you cope? Do you resume normalcy with that friend? Or do you just kind of let things blow over while you remain silent with each other for a few days? Who gets over it first? And if it's you, does the other remain that dreaded, hyphenated word? You know the word. Passive-aggressive. It's obnoxious, really. They're angry, so they half-ignore you, and it drives you up the wall. They're totally stubborn, and you just want to hit them. Or something of that nature. Do you let it affect you like this? No. You take a stand and tell them "Talk to me about what is bothering you. Enough with this half-assed friendship; I want to get over this bump." Because that's what passive-aggression is. A half-assed attempt at a repaired friendship. Be straight-forward. Don't hide behind silence and just say what's bugging you. If your friendship is so strong, then it will withstand the brutality of the truth.

~J*~

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