Medical marijuana is now legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Of those states, Washington and Colorado have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Colorado's first retail marijuana stores opened Jan. 1 for sale to people 21 years and older.
In the English-speaking world, the expression to save face describes the lengths that an individual may go to in order to preserve their established position in society, taking action to ensure that one is not thought badly of by his or her peers.
It probably means that either they do actually hate you (which again, is not usually to do with you â mostly it is to do with them) or that they feel they can't lose face by changing their attitude and carry on regardless of the facts before them (again, this is not about you but about their own insecurities). Stay calm and don't demand an apology or recite what they said word-for-word; just ask that they be more mindful of your feelings. 2  If the person doesn't have an answer, give them time to come back to you later-the ball's in their court now and they can either continue being mean or stop.