That reminds me of something that happened to me when I was 18. There was this real asshole in Northeast Jackson. He used to pick fights all the time, act like a macho prick to everybody he met, and beat his girlfriends. He was one of those guys that nobody really liked but who had social power and a big name any way. I will call him Bill Smith for purposes of this post. I met a superhot girl in Destin, Florida in 1990, and she told me she was Bill Smith's girlfriend. I thought it was such a shame that she went out with that jackass, and I thought that she was out of his league, so I said, "You go out with Bill Smith?" and acted puzzled about it. A few months later, I saw her at a bar, and she said, "You were an asshole to me in Florida," and I asked her what on Earth she was talking about. She said, "You were like, oh YOU go out with Bill Smith?" I was complementing her and insulting him, but she assumed I was complementing him and insulting her.