I am simultaneously working on many entries and I am not sure if I have posted this before. But if I have posted the following, please highlight it to me.

We often prefer people to be angry with us than be disappointed with us. And strangely, it actually hurts to be a disappointment. And there are people we know, who would rather lie, deceive and cheat than to disappoint, people who get very defensive when they are told that they disappoint.

Maybe it is the idea that anger quells and leaves little trace whereas disappointment lingers. Anger is often perceived as an emotional response against an act that offends one's personal sensitivity; personal standards which are subjectively enforced; personal preferences of little significance and even less moral implications.

But disappointment is rather different. It seemed to imply the failing of expectations or the falling short of obvious, universal, basic standards. It therefore is less of a crime against the victim than the condemnation of one as an absolute and utter failure.

So be careful of voicing your disappointments, for passing thoughts can kill.