Just Sayin

I love this phrase. Urbandictionary.com defines ‘just sayin’ as ‘a phrase that is used when someone is offended by something you said. This phrase then removes all the offensiveness of the previous statement, making it all good’.

My son and I use this phrase with each other in a kidding, loving way. He started it and then I took off with it. Anyone that knows me knows I get a hold of a word or phrase and then I use the heck out of it. Being ADD it helps to add this phrase after I have blurted out something that may offend someone. It is an ADD person’s dream come true to be able to cushion the blow of one of our impulsive outbursts ‘making it all good”.

Of course, there are ways to use it and ways not to. For instance, saying “Your butt is too big [pause] just sayin’ would be the way NOT to use this phrase. But saying ‘That would not be the way I would have handled that situation [pause] just sayin’ would be.

The pause is important because you need to wait for that ‘I am offended’ look to appear on the other person’s face before adding ‘just sayin’. No need to waste a ‘just sayin’ on someone who is not offended. If you don’t know how to read the person well, better to add a ‘just sayin’ just in case.

There are some of us that get so wrapped up in our own little worlds that sometimes nothing seems to offend us so when that happens, don’t waste a ‘just sayin’ on us. Just sayin.