Years ago I was at a bar with a bunch of old buddies. Unexpectedly we met some other people from our hometown who were visiting friends in the city we lived in. Some of them I hadn't seen for something like 20 years.

One of them tells me she remembered me fondly as a sweet guy, always ready to help etc. Her frond replies that's funny cause I remember you being kind of a dick and very full of yourself. So just be yourself and other people be damned.