Are you a Pessimist or Optimist?

[Uncle Al]

We worry to much about what other people think.

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From Tony Robbins, motivational speaker,

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I doesn't matter what other people think.
They don't know me or what I've been through.
I WILL enjoy life to the fullest

Uncle Al

[Fred in Skirts]

I quit worrying about what others think,
because I found out they don't think!

[TSH]

How about a realist?

[Midas]

I am an optimist. To be an optimist one has to be pragmatic and accept reality; optimist does not mean fantasist.

In my experience those describing themselves as realists are pessimists in denial.

[pelmut]

I am an engineer, which makes me a professional pessimist.  To have joined the engineering profession in the first place I must have been a näive optimist.

[Ozdelights]

I am an optimist, but pragmatic. Due to my previous work training I look for what could go wrong to be prepared for evasive action.

[TSH]

I am an optimist. To be an optimist one has to be pragmatic and accept reality; optimist does not mean fantasist.

In my experience those describing themselves as realists are pessimists in denial.

Being optimistic simply means having a positive outlook on the world. That's it. It has nothing to do with pragmatism or accepting reality as it is.

[denimini]

I am an engineer, which makes me a professional pessimist. 

I am an Architect, thus an optimist and am familiar with the disposition of engineers
You must be an optimist to wear a skirt though.

[pelmut]

I am an engineer, which makes me a professional pessimist. 

I am an Architect, thus an optimist and am familiar with the disposition of engineers

Anyone who has to work with an optimist will become a pessimist.

You must be an optimist to wear a skirt though.

Not really.  At every stage of experimenting with skirts I made sure I had a get-out in case things went wrong.  Even though I now wear skirts most of the time I still keep spare clothing handy in case the elastic snaps or my skirt gets torn or soaked.

[Grok]

Cautiously optimistic. My optimism is tempered by a realistic streak.

[Sinned]

Depending on my mood I'm either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist.

[Barleymower]

An optimist. I always find a way

[crfriend]

Mild pessimist. It helps me from getting unhappy when things go wrong (as they usually do, from experience).

[denimini]

................. when things go wrong (as they usually do, from experience).

Not related to any Murphys are you?

[Faldaguy]

"Or" -- an incredibly dangerous word; as normally used it implies either/or with no alternatives -- language as dangerous as a loaded gun to stifle thinking.