If you get a bunch of dogs together the first thing that happens is figuring out who is the dominant alpha personality. Some sort of physical altercation and energetic display of aggression usually accomplishes this. Once dominance is established, the animals can continue to enjoy life. Alpha / beta tendencies morph around different groupings, and things get really exciting if you get two alpha personalities together to battle out who is the supreme ultimate alpha. Thinking of all this makes me think of humans and alpha / beta personalities, mostly because I greet all my friends my sniffing their ass and genitals.

Think about all the people you know and I bet within seconds you can determine if they are an alpha or beta. It is such an obvious yet also subtle judgment call, but every person is one or the other. I am sure if you think about yourself you can see how being the alpha or beta has deeply influenced how you relate to the people in your life. In intimate relationships there is always someone who “wears the pants” in the relationship and that is usually the alpha. In romantic relationships these undercurrents of power and control really get played out, and if you are the one in your underwear it is hard to switch things around.

Unlike dogs, human dominance will most likely be conveyed by some sort of psychological warfare rather than a physical attack, much like you either have a passive aggressive or outright aggressive approach towards relating to people. It is okay… I don’t care if you think I have a point, it doesn’t matter anyway, I was just saying, but no pressure to agree, I am just going to go in the corner and cry blood.

This animalistic tendency is played out in almost every relationship we have ranging from work, to family, to friends, to lovers, to people you read online because I want you to know that you are not better than me and I am the boss okay? OKAY!!

“I am the alpha between you and me mom… sucker…”