Normally hot, steamy, rough and tumble sex for hours will do it for me. There's nothing like it to wash away whatever is bothering me.

But in my current condition, the ways of my past would likely break my neck literally.

Perhaps the disc fusion surgery would be worth it though!

Nothing though that I can think of is comparable. I try a lot of different things as you've mentioned kaybee. Sometimes just getting out, spending time with friends and family or seeing a movie or play that I really wanted to see will pull me out of a grump.

Ideas are welcomed!

Being grumpy for me is not a hobby. It is a vocation - a calling - if you will. As a therapist, I cannot be grumpy. I have to be optimistic for others and also take whatever mood they come in with and try to help them turn it into a positive emotion that can further their life goal. But since my own life is perfect, why shouldn't I grump about all the little external things that stoke the fire of my ire?

I use whatever is happening in the world, add a touch of sarcasm and righteous anger and away I go on a rant. I don't even care if anyone listens. I'm not in the world to please other people outside of work or my family.

I always have a smile on my face because even when I am ranting, I am laughing behind the mask of distaste for the state of the world, or the state of service at the grocery store.

To be a major league grump, you have to simply not give a damn about the impression you make on the other person and I have nothing but disdain for most of the people I see in stores squeezing the bread or fruit, not putting their carts back, asking for samples in the deli line ... you mean to tell me you don't know what a f---ing slice of ham tastes like? You are just causing my bill to go up because you are a moocher!

I found this group by accident but I believe I will have fun here. Just don't expect me to be politically correct.

Milt, we might need to set up a couple other discussion groups. One for Mockingbird to educate us on her past ways...I've never be in a "position" that threatened the condition of my neck, but I'd like to try one. The second would be "Grumpy as a Vocation." There we could discuss the merits and philosophy of grump, the gloriousness of grump, etc.

Glad you found us.

sharing my grumps with people who care about me and make me laugh.

hanging out with children.

sitting out back under the blossoming apple tree, drinking a beer, the dogs grazing at my feet, and looking up at the sky.

if i can think of more, i'll post them. (i think i remember this thing, sex, that mockingbird refers to--i think that used to help too.......)

All those sound great, but the tree, beer, and dog thing caught my eye.

come on over! we can look for the moon.

A good nap works wonders for me. That, or a bath.