Feb 11, 2010 13:04
What is it with saying the last word in an argument that's so satisfying?
There is an exhilarating adrenaline pumping from all that anger that you vomit out of your mouth especially when you say something so witty that it pierces the other person's soul. Because in that moment, all you want is to make it seem like you are the victim that is now standing up to the tyranny of all evil, and you want to hurt the other person as bad as you could with your words. You want them to drown in their self reflection of how bad of a person they had been.
And the person whose soul had been pierced by those hurtful words suffers from ego crush because they didn't get that chance to reply back with the same horrific remark.
But in reality, the person who didn't get to say the last word gets to move on. You may think back and say that was fucking bullshit, but you move on. The person who say the last word drowns in their anger forever on with regrets of not saying the more hurtful things. Furthermore, there is also an anger in regards to questioning whether the other didn't care to reply back.
I've been both. And i think i prefer being the latter type. When you argue so much and you get to the point where you want to hurt the other person's feeling, then you probably should take a break whether is friendship or a relationship. And when you get to that point, perhaps the best thing to do is just move on.
Nothing happened. This was just a unprecedented epiphany.