Verbal Punching Bag

I enjoy joking around with friends and loved ones and spending time with them. If that weren't the case, they wouldn't be my loved ones in the first place, right? And I understand during stressful times, sometimes they say things that they really don't mean, or lash out at others for no other reason than being there. It still doesn't make me feel any better being on the receiving end of a catharsis.

I'll try and remember this the next time I want lay into someone because I've had a bad day.