I love you.
or rather...  I love your post.  LOL  I don't want your S.O. kicking my ass or anything. ;)  This is sound advice and I'm glad to see that 200+ people have read it.  My favorite is the rage quite "noose" option.  They go away for a couple days and then slink back like they didn't have a fit.  Oh, the drama!
I personally like to keep my negativity to my fictional characters where I can kill them off without being on some watch list.  :)
Ha!
Good call on the fictional characters taking the negative brunt!