Someone accuses you of doing something that they are actually far more guilty of than you. How do you respond?

My best weapon in these situations is to either laugh or not respond at all. If people are going to be so ridiculous as to concern themselves with my behavior when they have plenty of things to work out in their own lives then that says a lot about them to begin with, so that's their problem. That doesn't mean I never make an extremely obvious sarcastic remark depending on how annoyed I am with someone, but I often prefer to make my point in a way that leaves them puzzled or utterly uncertain of what I am thinking and what to do next.

They'll either learn their lesson about their own behavior and my boundaries, or not. At the same time, if I am doing anything to feel "guilty" about, whether it is to a greater or lesser degree than what someone else is doing, it's up to me to resolve and is generally not anyone else's business anyway. I'll handle myself, and other people can handle themselves.

Silence truly can be golden, especially when it pays me so well in the form of not giving an argumentative person anything to argue about while they try to figure out why they simply cannot get a rise out of me. flickr.com/photos/jonycunha/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 flickr.com/photos/jonycunha/4248560546.

" Then I would remove myself from the situation.

I only have these discussions with close family members. I am never the initiator of such discussions. I used to argue in the face of these snotty types of remarks.

Now, I am more like Boots. I excuse myself and withdraw from the discussion. Arguing doesn't really help the situation.

Only time to settle down helps. Discussion of these types of things only helps if someone asks for help. It never helps if someone just moves in and criticizes someone else unasked.

We all have our vices," emphasis on the "all," eyebrows up. I would hope they could get that. If not, and they kept on pushing it, I think I would say something like "look, I don't point out your flaws, so I would appreciate it if you would stop picking at mine.

I don't need anyone's assessment. I am capable of self-reflection, and assume others are as well. Case closed.

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