If you dish it you gotta take it

Is it still a standard rule amongst us that if you dish you gotta take? Of course a certain level of maturity must be involved because heaven knows there are people out there who are just flat out mean and openly and freely dish with intent to hurt. The situation I am talking about is amongst friends. If a pal feels comfortable enough to say they hate your shoes, new hair cut or, heaven forbid, a personality trait, is she fair game? Can you dish back when appropriate? What kind of friendship is it really if a constant disher cannot handle being the dishee? One sided? I don’t think it takes all that long into a friendship to realize when someone can’t handle the “return”. That’s one of the fundamental problems with ‘girls’. You know the kind. She’s a total bitch and happily puts people down but turns into a raging, pmsing mess when someone turns the tables. Somewhere along the way their mothers forgot to tell them not to do or say anything to someone that you would not like to have done or said to you. It would be a nicer world if people remembered this…. don'tcha think?