I Told You So.

"I told you so."

Those may be the most hateful, spiteful, hurtful words ever.

No one, young or old, likes to be reminded that they could have prevented something from happening if they'd only listened to someone superior and wiser than they are. You might as well look them in the face and say, "I am so much smarter than you. You're stupid." Or in some cases, I think the temptation is to say, "You dumbshit, why didn't you just listen to me."

Who wants to ever be on the receiving end of "I told you so."?

But there's also the one who is in the position of saying "I told you so." Smug, superior, haughty, brilliant. Pshaw. At least in my case it's more like "Why didn't I do more to stop this from happening?" "Why did I not assert myself more into this situation?" "Why was I so mamby-pamby about it?"

So who learned the biggest lesson---"I'll listen to your advice next time." or "Sometimes I do know what's best for you, so please let me guide you this time."

Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out in the future.