Oh sure, absolutely. And when someone takes something the wrong way, I think most people aren’t comfortable enough to say “ow, did you mean it that way or this way?”
I notiiced that….....
Well, people are good at creating stories in their head…sometimes it is easier to do that than deal with the reality that someone did or didn’t try to hurt their feelings. People typically react to past events, not current ones - or rather, they use past events as a reference on the true nature of current ones.
Neither is natural though. Why do you ask, hon?