Growing Up To Do 

Posted on September 6, 2022 by msw blog

I know you are, but what am I?”

Remember that kid from fifth grade? That little riposte constituted his entire arsenal of comebacks. Slam him with the most devastating put-down the schoolyard had ever seen and he’d always hit you with that same trite retort, a lame bit of rhetorical judo that sought to co-opt your insult and turn it back on you. The sheer feebleness of it rendered it unanswerable.

You do remember that kid, right? Ever wonder what happened to him?

This entry was posted in Reflections and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

4 Responses to Growing Up To Do 

  1. adguru101 says:
    September 6, 2022 at 7:38 am

    Stayed a lifelong jerk 😦

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  2. Damyanti Biswas says:
    September 7, 2022 at 4:10 am

    Turned a therapist, funny enough 🙂

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Please Leave Your Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s