Frustrated with know-it-all

How do ya'll deal with know-it-alls and people that act like that?
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Life is too short to spend time with those whose company you do not enjoy.

So why do it?

I won't, and don't, tolerate the company of those I find irritating, and will simply leave.
 
What TeamSinglestack said.

There is no reason to let another get your panties in a wad over this. These people engineer their own exposure and you gain no advantage in figuring out how to put him in his place. Don't play his game. Move on.
 
know it all

Here in the anominty of the internet, I can confess to being a know-it-all blow hard for most of my life. I don't know that I have improved or even can improve. I have real regrets over having been this way and visulize myself in the after life apologizeing to people as the walk past me to the pearly gates. Please accept my apology in lieu of one from this guy.
 
""So, you've covered Pride and Envy..." and then walk away."

Buhzingah!

"Why is he talking about guns in church?"

Because "in church" can mean before services start, or social time after services.

My minister and I used to talk firearms all the time.
 
Sometimes it is better to just let it go and avoid the person.

OTOH there are people who just get in your face and will not leave it alone.

You will need to deal with that short and up front.

We had a family in which the father was an aggressive hand shaker.

I have arthritis and you CAN overdo a good thing. I let the first time he did that to me go. Then I avoided him.

The second time he got hold of me, I pulled him in close and just told him that I knew what he was doing and if he wanted to shake hands, that was one thing, but if he did not let go, he was going to have a real problem.

He did and that was the end of it. He never talked to me again.

Geetarman:D
 
Be the bigger person and show him some compassion......tell him you have a great deal of sympathy because you were once down on your luck, reach for your wallet and give him five dollars so he can buy something better. (He'll get the message :D)
 
""So, you've covered Pride and Envy..." and then walk away."

Buhzingah!

"Why is he talking about guns in church?"

Because "in church" can mean before services start, or social time after services.

My minister and I used to talk firearms all the time.
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Point taken. Options as noted are to just avoid the subject, nod politely, or even invite him to go shooting. As has been noted he may not be a boor, just bad at conversing, or even nervous and somewhat more boisterous.
 
How do ya'll deal with know-it-alls and people that act like that?
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I usually just call them a part of the human anatomy and tell them to leave me alone.
If that doesn't work, I tell them I'm going to set them on fire & roast weenies over their burning carcass.

Jdg 15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

Jdg 15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.
 
There's a real good chance that SIGSR, back on #17, got it right. The guy is just seeking out a good listener and his idea of conversation is to comment on what it is that he knows you do. And he's just a jerk. I've always been a good listener, which is a good thing most of the time, but too often I'll run into someone that wants to tell me EVERYTHING in their lives. Some whine about their lives, some brag, some talk about all their medical issues, and some just talk. But nobody ever wants advice on how to fix their problem, and they hardly ever want to sit still to listen to anything I might have to say. They don't know (or care) that if there aren't two sides to a conversation, it isn't a conversation. I avoid those people whenever I can, or if I can't avoid them I start talking the minute I see them. If they can't get a word in edgewise, they disappear quickly.
 
he has to say something about how much I spend on my guns,
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There are times when we all revile too much about our private affairs with other, however in the fellowship of church it is done commonly.
This know-it-all is violating your openness.
I get gun questions almost every Sunday and do my utmost to be cordial and even point out that I may not be the best person to ask of this question.
Confront him in a sincere nature and be cordial.
 
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