Was it really that shitty though? You engaged his work in a fun way. You weren’t making fun of his work or him but rather just teasing him. Of course the joke/prank was funny but if I was him I would also feel happy that a buddy read at least one of my articles, even for a laugh.
The ego of a teenage boy is actually pretty fragile, and he had really put himself out there.
As a mostly-fully-formed adult with a mostly-fully-formed identity, totally agree with you. Sometimes I forget how vulnerable we were as children.
If I could do it over again, I’d still do it, I’d just have somehow made it clear I was impressed by what he’d done, and wasn’t mocking him for doing it.
Was it really that shitty though? You engaged his work in a fun way. You weren’t making fun of his work or him but rather just teasing him. Of course the joke/prank was funny but if I was him I would also feel happy that a buddy read at least one of my articles, even for a laugh.
The ego of a teenage boy is actually pretty fragile, and he had really put himself out there.
As a mostly-fully-formed adult with a mostly-fully-formed identity, totally agree with you. Sometimes I forget how vulnerable we were as children.
If I could do it over again, I’d still do it, I’d just have somehow made it clear I was impressed by what he’d done, and wasn’t mocking him for doing it.
Thanks for cutting me some slack on this, though.