I LOVE (love, love, love) to "play"! Verbal jousting is one of my absolute favorite things to do with close friends, and new friends of similar ilk alike.
My close friends and I have pretty thick skins and we push boundaries. I ADORE "this" too!! However, I have hurt people with a quick snip as well.
Especially "here" it's SO easy to go for the flippant response (in most cases TOTALLY inappropriate)
......but at least "understood".
Not "quite" sure what I'm trying to say here. I certainly don't want to "pull punches", but I think I need to be more conscientious of those who may not "get it".
Thoughts?