Lighter fluid... yeah, I guess, but it wouldn't have occurred to me that you'd said anything there to set anybody off, until I saw the flame response.
You're welcome! It was silly of me to let him get under my skin, but it felt like someone else ought to speak up, since, as you say, if you'd asserted yourself, he'd have patted himself on the back for getting a rise out of you.
(And ack. Someone poke me for getting on my high horse and calling anyone "children". I've got sixty year old relatives who are just as mature as this fellow, and I've got online friends young enough to be my kids who have far more sense than I do.)
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Date: 2006-07-18 02:34 am (UTC)You're welcome! It was silly of me to let him get under my skin, but it felt like someone else ought to speak up, since, as you say, if you'd asserted yourself, he'd have patted himself on the back for getting a rise out of you.
(And ack. Someone poke me for getting on my high horse and calling anyone "children". I've got sixty year old relatives who are just as mature as this fellow, and I've got online friends young enough to be my kids who have far more sense than I do.)