Have you ever met a person you disliked for no reason?

[rhino47]

I met one of my husbands friends 10 years ago.The man did nothing offensive but I disliked him from the time I met him.
Thats the only time I`ve felt that in my entire life.

[trof]

1. No.

I always have a reason, no matter how picayune or far-fetched.
;-)

[Nikia]

2. There was always a reason

In fact, I probably could find a reason to dislike almost anyone who I knew at all. I usually find reasons to like most people though too.

[drumwolf]

3. about this guy you disliked.....

When you say he did nothing offensive, do you mean he did nothing offensive BEFORE you disliked him, or he did nothing offensive EVER? And did your dislike of this guy eventually turn out to be justified afterwards?

Very often, people will dislike a particular individual on sight, not because s/he HAS done something offensive yet, but because they can pick up that something isn't right about that person. That's innate animal instinct.

Then again, it's also possible that the two of you just plain didn't click on a personal level. Sometimes certain individual personalities just don't mesh. That's also a part of human nature too.

[rhino47]

7. I mean he did nothing offensive before I had a feeling of dislike

and distrust.My dog didnt like him either.She has never growled at anyone.When he comes over she snarls at him.I also never want my kids around him.Its kinda weird.My hubby gets upset about that but respects my wishes.
It was dislike on sight.
This is really out of character for me .I`ve only met 3 people in my entire life that I didnt like.The other two gave me good cause.

[davsand]

12. Go with your gut and don't feel bad about it.

If you have the experience of meeting somebody and they make you feel that strongly, then heed those warning feelings!!! I refer to it as somebody that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up (like a dog's does when they are freaked out) but it is a very similar feeling to what dogs have, I'm sure.

You say the DOG has the same response to this guy, and I trust animal instinct without fail. They are much closer to the primal than we are--and if they are showing signs of feelings that YOU are also picking up-that should send up a red flag for you.

I had a black lab that was a rescue. She was one of the sweetest dogs I've ever met. Loved kids, loved people--you could take that dog anyplace--and I did. I used to joke that you could carry my house off and the only thing she'd do to stop it would be to knock you down when she jumped on you to get petted.

Anyhow, I had taken her out to a local park with a lake to let her work out in the lake (she loved water and swimming.) This was one of our favorite places--we'd been there quite a bit and had a good feel for the place.

I had JUST put her lead back on to run her a bit to dry her off (Eech! wet dawg!) when a guy appeared out of nowhere. It startled me, but the response in her was amazing. That loving dog was out at the end of her lead with her teeth bared and the hair on her neck standing up. She put herself between me and that man while growling like she wanted to eat him.

The guy got all odd and says, "Hey lady--does that dog bite?" I told him that as long as he stayed away from us, that I thought he was quite safe--but I couldn't guarantee his safety if he got within her reach. He ran away from us while I struggled to hold on to her...

I have NO idea to this day what the guy's intent was--but I remain convinced that he meant me ill. MY hair was standing on end, and I think the dog felt it too. I never saw her do that to anyone else, and she never showed any aggression toward another human.

rhino47, I'm serious when I say this, there is a reason you feel this intensely about that guy, and the dog is verifying it. Don't apologize for it.

Laura

[rhino47]

23. I agree with you Laura .

I think children and animals have great instinct.I think that with children we socialize it out.Like be polite and say hello .. or tell the nice man thank you.
My daughter Renee disliked this one woman a few years back.I mean intensely disliked her.Here it turned out she practiced black wicca.I try to expose my kids to all religions to counter act the catholic school education they receive.I was introducing Renee to new age and wicca at the time.She would not even want to be the same room as that woman.(not wicca just black wicca).

[DuckFan4ever]

4. no

I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

[Tom_Foolery]

5. I've met plenty of people whom I've disliked from the start...

even though they've done nothing wrong. I guess it's that chemistry thing. It must work both ways: Love/Hate.

[Skittles]

6. I've met plenty of people I dislike as soon as I meet them

but I always find out later I was right to dislike them.

[WoodrowFan]

9. same here

a former coworker. Turned out he was a Freeper who would never, ever stop talking! I changed jobs to get away from him.

[sundog]

8. you can catch vibes off people that...

immediately agree or disagree with you -- I'm not sure if "vibes" qualify as a reason

[Bunny]

10. I've read quite a bit on reincarnation,

and this supposedly happens because you and the other person had negative issues in a previous incarnation. May sound goofy, but it's as good a reason as any!

[KG]

11. yes, myself - i'm a self-loathing leftist!

:D

[ForrestGump]

13. Yep, not infrequently. Also met people that I instinctively liked

more than average. Must be the equivalent of subsonic signals or subliminal messages, but I usually turn out to be right either way, and I'm as sure as it's possible to be that that's not because my predetermination created a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[NightTrain]

14. Oh god, yes!

Some people just rub me the wrong way from the first time I meet them. :shrug:

[testing123]

15. It's called womens instinct

It's a gift from God and there must be a reason that you don't like him.

[m-jean03]

16. I'm often too judgemental, myself

There have been quite a few people I've disliked at first, only to learn with time they were actually really nice people and I was being the asshole.

Not to say this is the case with you. Just my experience.

[Don_G]

17. More Than Several

I used to be a Telephone Installer/Repairman working in an average of eight homes a day, 50 weeks out of the year over 17 years....

6800 - 7200 Businesses and Households?

Some people you instantly like and others you get a bad "vibe" from.

The last time I didn't like a person was working as a Service Rep inside listening to a business man's line of BS. He didn't realize I was trained in the rudiments of commercial law and banking procedures to recognize him for the slimy, college-trained weasel he was.

It turned out that he was an Insurance guy converting the premiums paid by policyholders in a poorer part of our state into his own personal checking account.

Go with your instincts...always!

[Angelus]

18. Many people.

Too many to list.

[testing123]

19. Would a web site count?

:shrug:

[curse10]

20. yep- must be the phermones or something

but it's pretty rare

[Radical Activist]

21. Territorial jealousy?

Its not exactly uncommon for a woman to not get along with her boyfriends/husband's friends. I wouldn't make that assumption about you of course, but I've seen that happen often enough.

[trof]

22. Someone had to say this:

I usually think up reasons NOT to meet people I dislike.
hee

[belladonna]

24. My neighbor at the moment

Disliked him the moment I set eyes on him and didn't quite know why. Turns out he's a redneck freeper who thinks he's the sexiest thang walking :eyes:

[SOteric]

25. It's happened a few times that I couldn't warm up to someone

and couldn't quite put my finger on any specific reason why.

I've also been known to be fond of people against my better judgement and the advice of people who care about me.

[Kat45]

26. I have. Some have even been relatives.

Further down the line, I usually find out that I am correct. And even later down the line, friends of mine who initially liked the person find out.

I have a cousin who I disliked from when I was a little kid. When I was in my thirties, he rented an apt from my mother. It's too long a story, so I'll just say that a lot of trouble ensued and she eventually had to evict my cousin's girlfriend's lazy, trouble-making sons, in whose hands my cousin left the apt. Then her brother (my cousin's father) got angry at her for doing it!

Had another cousin I disliked from when I was a kid. In much later years, she rented from another cousin and stiffed her on several months rent.

I have to remember to listen to myself, because when one doesn't do so, that's when trouble begins.

[TrogL]

27. At least one

they later turned out to be total assholes