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Originally Posted by hankster
I think a sibling relationship is typically one-third teasing, one-third fighting, and one-third loving. With me and my brother it was 80 percent teasing, 20 percent fighting. I don't take well to being teased now. I became a 10-year-old girl Don Rickles in order to deflect my older brother's remarks. Attractive! Having never received it, I tend to lack empathy for the people I tease, and often appear heartless. Then T gives me the hurt puppy-dog face, that i've stepped on his tail, and I'm like, uh-oh, what did I do now? My short answer, therefore, is that teasing must be accompanied by empathy, forthwith!   (like that!) |
You teased me about "being French", and that seemed perfectly natural behaviour on your part. I was a little taken aback, because I didn't know you so well back then, but even I could tell you were teasing.
I guess the shock was that from my perspective, you teased me
too early - before we had established a rapport. But it came out OK in the end.
You are a pert minx.
(And in
this context, I prefer "forsooth", not "forthwith".)