"Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears." -Marcus Aurelius
No one likes a defensive person on the other end of a conversation. It's a waste of time. If you are anything like me, you want to immediately tell the other person, "uh, the jig is up- we all know what is going on here." If the attitude persists, I want to physically maim the other person. I won't do it, but want to.