Actually I have received a good bit of criticism over the years and I don’t mind constructive criticism and mostly find it useful. Like everything else tho, whether or not it is constructive is often in the eye of the beholder.

What I particularly don’t like is criticism that is offered as or labeled by the critic as constructive but in reality is given by someone that likes to criticize just for the pure pleasure they get out of tearing one down. They don’t really care if the person being criticized actually improves, they just want to point out weakness or mistakes to make sure everyone else sees the weakness or mistake. I have noticed that the older I get, the less tolerant I am toward to folks like this and I might even resort to name calling and some negative discussion of their family tree and parentage. :-)