When meeting new people in life - often you run across that person that just cannot see the sunshine without mentioning that there are days when it will rain. It's the never ending optimist against the pessimist story. Is the glass half full or half empty? What do you do when you run into the person who doesn't even believe there is anything in the glass at all? Every interaction leaves you befuddled... no matter how you approach a conversation - your words are turned, twisted, spun into a question or in a manner which you didn't intend. The more you interact the deeper you fall and feed into their negativity. My only weapon and mechanism to cope at this point is to walk away and still remember to breathe.