
          This kid has been annoying me for years.
He has made suggestive comments, offensive jokes, and has invaded my personal space too many times to count. There isn’t much I can do to avoid him as we’re in the same grade and on the same alpine race team. I’m the past I have been nice because he is socially awkward and people make fun of home but now I make it a point to ignore him whenever possible. But he follows me around and often cuts lines in order to be my chair-lift buddy. 

          He is known for making a lot of noise, getting hyped and rowdy before races, during practice, during class, I could go on. I’m not an introvert by any means but I don’t tend to get overly exited. My philosophy is simple. Have a certain thing you focus on for that practice and use the time on the lift to plan your run. When you get excited you get sloppy. Apparently he has a problem with that because he is constantly trying to hype me up and get me excited for the next run.  He is constantly offering advice I did not ask for and acting as if said advice is gold.

          Now I’ve dealt with this kid for years as I said and I have never blown up, only respectfully disagreed with his ideas and told him not to make such problematic comments, but a few nights ago I snapped. I was having a shitty day. Botched presentation, dead car battery, broken pole and this guys nagging sure as hell didn’t help. I basically yelled at him in front of the lift operators and at least 50 other racers and ski school kids. 

          Something along the lines of, “I don’t need your help, I never asked for your advice, give me some godamn peace and quiet. You’ve crossed the line too many times, let me be, go hype up somebody else.”

          He looked kinda hurt by what I said (I would too if someone said it to me). He left me alone for the rest of practice and hasn’t really talked to me since. Several witnesses who have had to deal with him in the past told me he had it coming but I feel like an ass. I’ve been debating apologizing but I like being left alone and I’m afraid he’s gonna think we’re friends if I do.

Tell me reddit gods and goddesses, am I the asshole? 