I think this is maturity, or something in view of it

[redbird]

I'm annoyed at someone over on statements for making what struck me as a thoughtless remark, and when I called him on it, saying something along the lines of "I don't care if you think I meant that even nastier than it reads" rather than clarifying what he actually meant. (I'm assuming for the moment that his original intent wasn't hurtful.)

I briefly found myself thinking of posting something along the lines of "I hope something makes you understand how that felt." But I don't. I can't even wish I was still in a mindset where I wanted him to think that. Because it would do me no good, and probably neither teach him anything emotionally useful nor get him to stop making that sort of casually hurtful remark; and because I rather like being who I am, and while anger has its places and its uses, I have quite enough anger already.

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[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Sometimes disengaging is the smartest thing to do.

B