I took a communications class many years ago, and the one lesson that stuck in my mind was this: "When someone misunderstands what you said or wrote, who is re

I took a communications class many years ago, and the one lesson that stuck in my mind was this: "When someone misunderstands what you said or wrote, who is responsible for the miscommunication? You are. They didn't misinterpret you, your communication was unclear." I (mis)read your "all" in the same way as the other commenter, as a reference to "all people" (including, but not limited to your group of friends). There have been many times when I've said something that others "misunderstood". It was a hard lesson to learn, but it has served me well to take responsibility myself for the miscommunication, apologize for being unclear, and try to state things in a less ambiguous way.