High School Reunion
When I was in high school, I gave as good as I got. When someone tossed a little teasing or ridicule my way, I tossed it right back.
Then I returned to my many wonderful friends, who allowed me to be my relaxed, affectionate self again.
However, I still run into those other people once in a while. Invariably they say, "Oh, you were terrible in high school! You were mean and cruel!"
Here is the carefully-thought-out, carefully-worded response I give to each of them.
"If you had said this to me in high school, I would responded, 'Screw you.'
If you had said this to me in my twenties, I would have responded, 'Please forgive me.'
If you had said this to me in my thirties, I would have responded, 'I forgive you.'
But now I'm in my fifties. Screw you."