It's days like this ...

... and times like now ...

... that I realize I should not try to act more clever than I can really be.

I should learn to be more straightforward and honest. Of course, that too has its issues. Being so honest and so simple without really taking the time to think and to learn can lead to easily being manipulated.

What am I really trying to say?

Too often in life (or at least my life), things tend to get so complicated and convoluted, that I myself try to act more verbose to deal with it. And one thing I have to learn over and over is to focus enough to think things through so as to not constantly open my mouth and sound like a dumbass.

Paying attention - that's the key. Leave the reactions and timings to another day to work on.