When people say “I was just kidding” in a way that suggests it is your fault for not understanding them, they aren’t really “just kidding”
When people say “I was just kidding” in a way that suggests it is your fault for not understanding them, they aren’t really “just kidding”
Actually to me it means….I really mean it but I am trying to soften the blow of my last statement with a bit of ‘humor’