Well all this name calling really originated back in the Elizebethian days around 1500. Women would call names to gain control. The number one insult even then was calling another woman a wh.or.e. It was close to another name calling some had V.D. This whole name calling is a power trip. Someone will eventually call a name until one of the women will stop it, like she did. Only because she couldn't come up with anything better. That's why she said "I won't stoop to your level" which in her head is a much more critical one than that of yours. Last year there actually was a man stabbed for calling a woman ugly in New York. On another note, a Teacher is being sued for calling her student ugly, she wanted to be a part of a group singing Valentine grams and asked for permission of her teacher to do so, the teacher's response was calling her ugly,a brat, and then kicking her in the rear and ordering her to leave the room. That doesn't sound like any of the teachers I ever had in school! The fourteen-year-old's claims are being taken seriously by school officials. It's personal, and it effects family. That's a pretty strong whop of criticism. Ok, so put downs are things that people say when they feel bad inside and want you to feel bad too. I really try not to put myself in a predicament where someone would have to call me names, or I would have to return the favor. But here is what my mother taught me when I was little:
Stop, stop, don't you see
No put downs for you or me!
I won't call you ugly names
No bad words can ever hurt me!
People are going to have disagreements, but name calling has really never gotten anyone anywhere.
I'd be the stronger person and let it drop, oh and boot her off your facebook thingie.