Are you glass half empty or glass half full?

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I tend to look at the glass and think, damn I'm thirsty.

I suppose the opposite rejoinder would be, "You mean I have to fill the whole thing"

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I remember being at a job interview years ago, and getting this question. I answered "both." The interviewer gave me a puzzled look, and I then said, "half empty and half full are mutually inclusive states. They're both true at the same time." She seemed baffled by this, so I said to her,"Imagine I have a golf ball. One side is painted red and the other side is painted blue. If I ask you, is this golf ball half red or half blue, what would you answer?" She smiled and said, "Of course, both." I told her that is how I view the glass. I got the job, but I think it was in spite of, not because of, this exchange.

I really quite like that, and I think it fits my state fairly well. I'm usually at once optimistic and pessimistic, which side of the golf ball that's showing itself is probably more key to how people think I'm feeling than what I am, both half full and half empty.

I'm just glad I'm not a "the glass is half dirty" kind of gal. That would be frightening.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I suppose the opposite rejoinder would be, "You mean I have to fill the whole thing"

Do you go to the doctor a lot?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I'm just glad I'm not a "the glass is half dirty" kind of gal. That would be frightening.

Now I'm pondering what that could mean....perhaps another thread....

[blueerica]

Haha, I'm assuming you're thinking about a different dirty than the one I meant, though yours makes me smile a lot more. And if you're thinking of the dirty I originally meant I need to pull my mind out of the gutter.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

My glass was knocked off the counter years ago. Now I have to lap it up off the floor and try not to cut my tongue on the shattered glass...

[Prudence]

I fluctuate wildly between the extremes. (No, really Leanne? Please, tell us more.) Some days I'm just glad there's still half left - like finding out there's one more chocolate in the box. There's celebration in what is there. Some days not only is half missing, but it's probably my fault. Even if I don't know why. And surely people will judge me harshly for my half-empty glass in a world of overflowing cups.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Haha, I'm assuming you're thinking about a different dirty than the one I meant, though yours makes me smile a lot more. And if you're thinking of the dirty I originally meant I need to pull my mind out of the gutter.

I thought of various forms of dirty

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I'm just glad I'm not a "the glass is half dirty" kind of gal. That would be frightening.

It's my understanding that dirty martinis are good, though.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Unfortunately, this sometimes makes me way too patient for my own good and I et taken advantage of.

I'd rather get taken once in a while than be cynical. If I don't keep a hold on my positivism, I can see myself sliding into cynic and I really don't want to go there.