Things I said as a child still being held over my head.

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Ever find yourself unable to live down things you did as a kid that you really don't even remember doing? I seem to have this problem. I'm 30 and still have to deal with the actions I did when I was 4. Some people are still mad at me over them! I was simply repeating something I was told. I remember my grandma used to constantly tell me the neighbor was a dirty old man, and one day I told the man that and people still bring it up and try and make me feel bad about it. I barely remember the incident but I'm forced to hear about it and some of them are still angry about it and asking me why I did it. I mean I was only repeating something that was told to me, I hear kids do that all the time and don't continue to bring it up to them years later. I didn't actually think that about the guy, I was literally just repeating it. My mom talked to my grandma and my grandma said: "Well, he is." I don't get why some people keep repeating stories like that knowing they make you feel bad. It wasn't funny, it was definitely a moment where I was rude, but I wasn't trying to be. I don't think anyway, as I said I barely remember it but I've been constantly asked why I would say something like that over the years. I don't know I was 4, why do most 4 year olds say the things they do? It's rather, ridiculous to still hold me responsible for something I did as a small child. I am told many other stories now too that I find embarrassing and everyone finds it fine to bring them up to me but if I were to do that to them they'd be livid. I try to leave some things in the past, even though some people won't leave it there. I get some of it, they think is cute or funny, but some stuff they act angry over, which doesn't make sense to me. Now I wouldn't dream of saying mean things to others unless they said something I found rude or mean, and even then I wouldn't be downright mean. I know as kids, and heck even adults we do and say embarrassing things and some people find them hilarious even if we don't, mostly I've learned to laugh most of it off but some things I don't find funny, like the times when I was rude or said hurtful things I probably shouldn't have. I get I was a kid but that doesn't mean I should have said them, and I feel like some people are still angry over them, but I still say it's insane to hold a 30 year old accountable for the things they said when they were 4, but maybe that's just me.