It was through an online conversation with a good friend of mine.
He initiated said conversation, and we conversed (is there a law against using multiple forms of the same word? Lol) regarding a string of e-mails of which we were both privy to. Long story short, he found a particular reply of mine quite offending.
Now at first, like any sane individualistic self-serving person would be when faced with a similar situation, I was all like, "What? Why? It's not like I'm wrong or anything! It's MY opinion!"
Then it hit me; all those thoughts had self-referring pronouns!
I, me, my, MINE.
Selfish bastard.
Little did I think or take into account of what was on HIS mind.
Honestly, I'd like to blame it on my status as an only child; I've only ever been my parents' one and only for the better part of 16 years.
The other 3? Well, back then, I was the first child. But that's a story for another time.
As an only child, you really only ever think of your needs and your wants. I'll admit it; we're all selfish pompous arses! But, as life would have it, this was not the way I was to live.
I'd like to think past incidents and experiences have made me a more considerate person now, though I've certainly got a ways to go.
As such, I apologise to you, friend, for acting like it was only me who existed on the face of this planet.
AND I could have possibly worded a better and less easily-misconstrued e-mail reply.
Possibly.
On another note, yesterday was the first time I have ever gotten such multiple long tags on my tagboard.
*cue track* DAAAAWWWWWWWWW.
=)
It's somewhat nice to see at least some out of the lot of you who care about ol' Oblivious Ape, even though I might not extend the same care and concern to you. For more information as to why that is, refer to above post. =P
