01-03-2014, 11:09 AM
baftis - with people like that I often find it's a battle of the minutes. in other words, if you can calmly maintain your position (unless they have worthwhile points) for more *minutes* than they can, then they will give up and stop trying to pressure you. I have rarely found that someone has more than 40-45 minutes of energy to pressure you if you can maintain your position or show a bit of flexibility if warranted. if you can stay there and not walk away for that long, chances are they will not bug you about it again directly. if you walk away and they show more endurance, they might come after you for weeks or longer on that topic. this is assuming they are not acting in good faith or trying to have a reasonable conversation. if they are, again, invest enough minutes of time until they give up or you achieve a compromise.
