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I see what you mean but I still disagree. The OP would be better off if he could build some inner game so that he wouldnt be so affected by the "shit" she gives him. Unreactive is a trait of a superior man.
"She was mean so I wanna have a witty and hurtful comeback." is not nearly as impressive as "Yeah, whatever, have a nice day, next."
I kinda half agree with you but whenever these situations do present themselves I like to amuse myself a bit and in order to do that I need to say something that is amusing (to me). Your method seems really uninteresting to me and I don't think it really suits every personality type. Personally I definitely don't fall in the "conflict avoidance" personality type bracket. In my opinion someone should handle the situation in whichever way makes them feel good about it and that there is no universal way (such as let it slide, like you suggest).
Another consideration I have with these kinds of situations is that they might say something like that to someone who doesn't/can't handle it well. If I say something about it then maybe they will keep their dumb content inside instead of sharing it. It's like any other type of bully, they'll keep doing it until they get beat up themselves. So I'd say I find it almost unfortunate that nobody in the last 5 years or so has attempted to insult me.