How to handle rudeness with grace? In this life, no matter what you do, there would be people who are rude and try to evoke conflict with you. Unsurprisingly enough, most of the time, those people could be people you have known before or maybe they are just some strangers, but either way they would try to be rude to you and get you down, maybe embarrass you or make you look bad.
However, as an elegant and classy woman, you don’t need to be rude back to them. In this post, we would give you some tips and strategies you can use to handle rudeness with grace.
Identify The Cause
You need to identify the cause of the rudeness AND who caused the rudeness, if it’s someone close to you, you have to know why that person is behaving that way. Is it because they are in a bad mood, or if they have any personal issues with you that they’re handling in a passive aggressive manner, etc. If it’s a stranger who is rude to you, then you should not even bother with them and just move on with your day.
What you need to keep in mind is that not everyone deserves your attention and energy, especially if you already know that person is miserable, bitter or mentally unstable. There is nothing you can do about that, and all you need to do is to just stay away and cut those people off from your life.
Practical Ways to Handle Rudeness with Grace
1. Ignore Them
This is probably the most common way we personally deal with rudeness. Just ignore them. Yes, this is easier said than done. We know, we’ve been there. But remember, like we’ve stated before, not everyone’s worth your energy.
Ignoring their rudeness would either make them stop or make them go even crazy. Either way, when in public, people would be able to see who’s the one with class and who’s not. Just ignore them and move on with your day. They’ll just embarrass themselves while you’re maintaining your inner peace.
2. Laugh It Off
Oh, we love this one. Laughing it off would definitely piss them, but if you are a more laid back lady, who has a great sense of humor, just laugh the rudeness off and walk away, it would definitely annoy them but they would eventually get tired of their own rudeness and walk away.
Since the chances of you encountering a street gangster as an elegant lady is highly minimum, this method is actually pretty effective. The person being rude to you would not want to get themselves in trouble for physically harming you, so you can get away with laughing at their face.
3. Kill Them with Kindness
This one is for the big-hearted people out there. Kill them with kindness, but not too much kindness. If someone’s saying something rude to you, you may reverse their behavior by being kind and not returning their rudeness.
At the same time, you don’t want to be too nice and polite, they’ll trample all over you.
No one actually give their other cheek when they are being slapped. The key is to find that middle ground of kindness that works for your personal situation.
4. Cut Them Off / Avoid Them
This is similar to ignoring them, but this time you are making an extra effort to avoid even getting in the presence of those rude individuals. This especially work if you have family members or friends who are rude to you on a frequent basis.
Avoiding them and cutting them off completely would save you a lot of headache and anger. And if you are still doubtful about using this method, we recommend you to learn how to deal with negative people.
Those were some ways that you could handle rudeness with grace, ladies. Remember, never lower yourself to these people’s standard and maintain your grace and dignity even when it is tested.
