I Told You So

Yes, I told you so. That is surely one statement that proves conclusively that my view has been superior to yours, and I deserve your respect for that. And what better time to deliver it when the person who ignored your great wisdom is just licking the wound, for being ignorant?

In truth, 'I told you so' only makes things worse for the victim. It is like the final knock out blow to finish off what the earlier blow had not. It is never constructive, and completely devoid of any positive value, except to reinforce the ego of the person saying it.

My late mother was a great person. In my younger days, she used to advise me on many things. Of course, I did not always take her advice. Sometimes we do feel that we are clever enough and we can see what we are doing. And then, horribly, things did go wrong as predicted by Mum. I knew I had made mistake, bigtime. And I expected further rap from Mum for ignoring her warning or advice. The rap never happened. Mum was such a great person I had never ever heard her say to me "I told you so". She just quietly nursed my wound, and repeated her earlier advice, but no "I told you so".

There is a difference between great personality and average personality. I did tell you so, didn't I?