An apology
For the longest time, I would get deeply annoyed with adults who would talk of something being "unfair". We in Western society are taught about "fairness" from a young age, yet we know it's bullshit almost right off the bat. We quickly learn that people do ugly things and the nastiness often goes unpunished. So, when I would hear an adult mention fairness, I would roll my eyes and wonder if they lived in a bubble their whole lives where reality rarely occurs and didn't know that unfairness was just something that happens. However, due to a rather painful recent event (yet another one), I am realizing that the complaints aren't about the unfairness itself but rather the sting of being hurt. At no point do we ever become truly accustomed to disappointment, pain, and mistreatment. We can push it away or suppress it, but we never stop feeling the hurt of not being treated the way we should be treated. Now, when I hear adults complain of lack of fair