Morg passive-agressiveness rears its ugly head in the oddest of places. My g/f and I began playing Words With Friends not long ago and, along the way, my ex invited us to play with her as well. Both my g/f and I are pretty good wordsmiths and we pretty much kicked my ex's ass.

Well, we played a few more games with her and I think she beat my g/f once and almost beat me once. But, wait for it...

..here comes a message from my ex:

"If you don't mind, I'd like to propose we agree to something while playing. I know there are aps out there that will generate words for the game, but I really don't want to resort to having a game which is essentially two computers playing one another. I really like playing as it helps my vocabulary and you and Shila are both really good competition. John (her new hub) says if I send this it will appear that I'm calling you both cheaters. I just want to have fun, fair games with the aid of an ap. Could you ask Shila what she things about this too? I'm not accusing you of cheating, I just want to have some rules understanding."

We both chuckled, because Shila immediately asked "Why doesn't she just come out and say we're cheating? Just because we kicked her ass doesn't mean we cheat. Sheesh."

This passive-agressive bullshit is rampant in the church. I'd rather her say "You cheating fucktard!" than this bullshit. LOL

BTW, I don't cheat, I'm just better at words and languages than she is. :)

ron

She used to read the dictionary for fun. (Oddly enough, she was raised Jehovah's Witness. Did your Sheila read the dictionary for fun too?) :)

Although we will regularly accuse her of using words that aren't words -- but they are or the game they're playing wouldn't allow it. lol

The best part about this is she has probably already been using some of these aps, is assuming you have done the same, and you are still beating her...

I just hate that passive-agressive approach that grows like a fungus in the church.

Ron

I agree, totally passive agressive... She even knows it.

If it comes up again, I would call her on it. I mean she even says "I really don't want to resort to having a game which is essentially two computers playing one another" Does this mean that she is using one, otherwise how could it be two playing against each other. If she weren't using one, wouldn't she have said, "I really don't want to play a game essentially against a computer" not "two computers".

I KNOW my husband cheats so I don't play him. And he's Mormon.

My first missionary comp in the MTC used to accuse me of making words up. I pointed out I had a degree in journalism but she'd never heard of some of the words I used without even thinking about it. None of the words I used were particularly complicated or fancy, but she was sure I made them up. And she was from Woods Cross too - not somewhere backward and isolated.