I can't be alone in this.

I think that in every relationship (and not just romantic ones) someone has to be more passive than the other. Otherwise you'd end up butting heads and arguing all the time. That said, I really can't stand overly passive people. First of all, it's boring to be around someone who will agree with you no matter what you say or do. Secondly, apologizing/agreeing constantly/accepting anything another person says without question is a sign of someone who probably doesn't like himself/herself very much, which I really hate. I used to pity people like that; now I want to smack them around and yell, "Respect yourself, damnit!"

So no, you are not alone.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

In my book there is. Apathetic (to me) means you just don't care or are too lazy to have an opinion. Passive means that you fear voicing your opinion or being social because you don't have enough self-confidence to do so.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

If you're "cautious" to the point that others mistake it for passivity, then you just might be a little too cautious, bordering on pussified.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I challenge anyone to convince me that confidence is worse than shyness or lack of confidence. It's certainly more productive to be confident, even if confidence truly is just "thinly veiled arrogance," it's generally a more appealing characteristic than being the opposite.

Also, I disagree with your statement about confident people being less intelligent than cowerers. In fact, I'd say it's more likely that the opposite is true.

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Even the most intelligent people spew tardedness from time to time. Better to spew a little tardedness occasionally than to sit there like a bump on a log and not say anything.

I was speaking idiomatically.

My hubby and I are both very assertive, although he is a man of few words. We butt heads a lot, but I wouldn't have him any other way. I'm not interested in anyone who isn't feisty like me.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?