The 5 Most Passive Aggressive Things You Can Say in CA

I recently had a conversation with my children about the importance of words and the power of them.

We talked about how you say something is often as important as what you say. This all came after a playful conversation between my kids on a road trip turned to sarcasm. The sarcasm turned into mean words and ended with feelings being hurt.

Stop Saying These Snide Phrases in California

There’s a pretty thin line between sarcastic words and hurtful words. Likewise, there’s a relation between saying what you mean by being assertive and saying something passive-aggressive. The line can be blurry and you may not know when you’ve crossed it.

What you say matters, and so does how you say it. So if you find any of these phrases in your vocabulary you should check where your emotions are coming from and find a way to express them without harming or depreciating someone else.

8 Passive Aggressive Phrases to Avoid ASAP

Passive-aggressive behavior comes across in a variety of ways, including pouting or the silent treatment, sarcastic responses, saying you feel one way when you don’t, and not following through on tasks. These phrases can come across as passive-aggressive, especially when said in certain ways or in certain instances while at other times they are perfectly fine to say.

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Often, passive-aggressive comments and behaviors stem from an inability or a failure to express emotions in a proper or healthy way. The Rachel Beohm website lists phrases that make you sound snide and includes the line ‘Change your communication, change your life.’ You can also help others overcome passive-aggressive feelings or speech using tips from the Inc. website.

They suggest that you ‘Attack the problem. Not the person.’

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Science suggests that some passive aggression comes from a good place - a fear of conflict or a desire to avoid it. So helping find the root of the issue rather than attacking back can be extremely helpful in combatting passive aggression.