Being offended

Have you ever been offended? I have been offended, not many times but enough to realize what is insult. I also realized that there are many differences between insults.

There are some insults that just happen and we don't notice. When we think about that later, we realize that actually we were offended. There are some usual conversations with people like our colleagues, neighbors, relatives, friends, important or less important people in our life. During that usual conversations, those people could surprise us with unusual words, that we don't expect to hear. There are many reasons for that. Some people like to praise and emphasize themselves and with that intention, they can say something bad about others. Some people don't think about their words and it could happen to them to offend someone without intention.

People can also insult each other when they are angry and upset. Sometimes they don't really mean what they are saying at that moment. They just want to verbally hurt the person who upset them. Some people have self-control and they are always aware of their words. But some people don't.

Offending could also be the result of bad and inadequate upbringing. Parents should always teach their children to be polite and not to insult others.

Some people offend with intention, because they like to do that. They have a bad habit or they think that they are funny and interesting or maybe, they enjoy hurting others.

I could never accept reasons that would justify the insult. Insults hurt, especially if they come from people who are important to us in life. After the insults nothing is the same. It changes relationships between people and their opinions about each other.

Thank you very much for reading.

Article and photo are original and mine.

Don't allow yourself to feel bad when you hear insults. Insults don't speak about you. Insults speak about person who insults.

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