When someone insults you and/or calls you out on something and what they say is actually CORRECT, what should you do?

Whenever this happens I'm clueless. I WANT to insult them back but if what they said is actually true then I can't really say anything. So I just stay quiet.

A more or less recent example that happened to me went something like:

Person: "So you don't put effort into anything at all, anything you're not immediately good at you abandon, you never practice, you just wanna be good right away, and yet you have the audacity to wonder and complain why you're not good at anything, and also resent and hate anyone better than you?!"

And I couldn't even come up with a proper response, so I just stayed quiet. I secretly knew that everything they said was 100% true, even though I absolutely hated it.

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Punches · 46-50, F

I am going to assume that whoever said that was probably older (over 40) and is probably not perfect themselves.

When we are in our 20's the entire world seems to have something smart 4ss to say to us and trying to tell us how to live, because of course they brag "I was working four jobs full time to put myself through college when I was your age". BUUUULLLLLLsh*t!

I do have some good news though - once you get a bit older, and have more life experience, people generally quit messing with you because then when they say something to p*ss you off, you will know exactly how to respond in a way they will not like.

Oh and here is something funny - I am sure you have heard Gen X people (age 45 to 60) say things like, "We worked for what we wanted, we respected our parents." Well, I happened to be around back then and let me tell you, WE WERE F*CKING ROTTEN! Just ask the baby boomers (The parents of Gen X)