Analogy

Didn't even want to reply him when he commented on my driving skills. I mean what for? Who is he that i need to clarify myself? I dun even wanna lift my finger to key the keypad man.

The closer you are to a person, the more you want to talk to her to clarify things.

If you are not close to a person, even if he/she have some wrong perspective of you, you will also won't think of wasting your breath to correct him.