My team was down by one point. There were only 30 seconds left. Darren passed the ball to the giant forward I was guarding. He turned to shoot. I reached as high as I could and blocked his shot. My opponent wrangled the ball back into his hands and went up harder. I blocked his shot again

The testosterone filled forward turned and bellowed “you have freakishly long arms.”

Should I respond with my own verbal joust when insulted or I should I let it go? I chose to smile and reply “my wife does have a hard time finding long sleeve shirts that fit me!”

The game stopped. Everyone started laughing, its only basketball with my coworkers, who cares if the time runs out.

If you receive a peculiar critique of your work, let it go. It’s not worth raising your blood pressure over. Everyone has an opinion, everyone is allowed to share it, but you are responsible for choosing your response.

And yes, I do have longer than normal arms, but I don’t think they are freakishly long.

Jacob