# Stubbornness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 2, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388 "2011-10-02T23:50:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388/1 "2011-10-02T23:50:21Z")

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What is stubbornness? Do you think stubbornness is voluntary or involuntary? Are most stubborn people aware they are being stubborn or do they just think they are right? How do you deal with stubborn people?

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388/2 "2011-10-03T00:03:37Z")

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> [@brittekland](#):
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> What is stubbornness? Do you think stubbornness is voluntary or involuntary? Are most stubborn people aware they are being stubborn or do they just think they are right? How do you deal with stubborn people?

I keep poundin’ away at 'em until they relent.

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**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388/3 "2011-10-03T02:10:03Z")

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> [@brittekland](#):
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> What is stubbornness? Do you think stubbornness is voluntary or involuntary? Are most stubborn people aware they are being stubborn or do they just think they are right? How do you deal with stubborn people?

I absolutely refuse to answer any of these questions.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388/4 "2011-10-03T02:34:46Z")

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I’m not stubborn, I’m just always right. It drives my wife bonkers.

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**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388/5 "2011-10-03T02:42:40Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> I’m just always right.

Problem is even with things they don’t really have in-depth knowledge or experience etc etc.

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**Author:** ![DHMO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@DHMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DHMO)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbornness/598388/6 "2011-10-03T03:36:21Z")

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It’s like, when I met my wife, she said she found “Mr. Right.”

She just didn’t know my _first_ name was “Always.”

😃