People who punish you by silence are acting like tinpot tyrants.
A mature person is willing to talk.
Acting like a teenager towards others should stop at age 20 or at worse 25.
I’m not saying I’m never guilty of this in isolated incidents – but I never make it my ‘theme’.
This Reminds me of Charlotte Grimshaw’s mother (who her daughter told us about in her book The Mirror Book) she could do this for years on end quite casually & about a very minor ‘crime’.
It’s so silly to want to torture people that way for ultimately trivial matters.
Anton Martin Smith Writer 