i got a text message

A close friend of mine texted me two days ago about a laptop that was for sale. His exact text message was:

“if you are interested, i have a portable here worth 20k”

I was busy at that time so i wasn’t able to reply immediately. So i texted him just a few minutes ago. My exact message was:

“You were talking about a portable the other day. What do yo mean by portable?”

I know that he was referring to a laptop but for clarity’s sake, i asked him that question anyway because i was thinking that it might be a portable DVD or any other thing that is portable. I was enjoying my first cup of coffee after months of skipping it when he replied a few minutes after with this text message:

“Your so old-fashioned. Portable means laptop in the states. Morons have misconceptions about the word laptop…”

After reading the message, my coffee tasted bitter. I was pissed off. For me, it sounded very insulting. I mean why would he bother telling me that? What’s his point? Well he is known for his sharp tongue. Out of rage, i had the following irrational options inside my mind: a. hate him forever b. never talk to him again c. reply back and say stuffs like fuck you asshole. But what’s stopping me from choosing one of those options is the fact that he is my friend. And i fucking love my friends. And that thought is stronger than my anger. Simple as that.

At that point in time, i realized that rage or anger can blur our rational thoughts that we can reach to the point of forgetting who we are and the people that we know. I am one of those people who is easily controlled by such emotions. I’m so thankful as of now that i didn’t allow such emotions to control me at that very moment because for sure i would regret if i chose otherwise. With this realization in mind, i finally decided to tell him honestly that i was offended by what he has just said and that he should never do it again. He replied:

“I’m sorry.”