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Originally Posted by Stormyclouds
what does that mean? someone please explain.
i have heard this time n time again and i am trying to apply this to my situation but cant. My T appt is not until friday...so if someone can shed light.
a friend of several years, my neighbor...had a fall out with another friend in our group. i got caught in between both of them. i chose to step back and avoided my friend. i didnt want to choose or take sides. so i stayed quiet and avoided her for months till issue was resolved. i am socially awkward...i avoid conflict.
my friend told me i have hurt her feelings by abandoning her. i did. i apologized. i told her the truth...i am weak...i have alot of shortcomings...i was wrong...i failed her as a frend...with my heart n soul i apologzied and was very vulnerable. she mocked me in return. i keep on saying sorry to her..and she keeps on insulting me...that she has never met someone like me...the way i behaved.
ouch.
she can chose to accept my apology or reject it. but she keeps on messaging me and dragging this...and i have told her nothing but the truth ! and i have 100 percent owned it that i should have been there for her...not avoided her. and even said u have been a great freind i appreciate everything u have done for me.
her last message was so cold and left me crying ...i just told her i am not good enough like your other friends...i know that...and thats just me.
someone please tell me...is this really about me being a bad frend or is it something else?
i dont want to tell her off...we are in same neighborhood...we see each other very often in church etc.
i am just questioning my whole being right now...how do i fit into this world? among ppl? i cant handle a simple situation...i can not confront ppl...i failed as a friend when she needed me...i made a total fool out of myself ... i am so embarassed...my head is hanging in shame...ppl are so confident and strong..and intellignet...i am none of those. and imight never be...cuz my life was so screwed up...i just feel like i dont belong here...
my emotions are running very high right now..its all very raw...i am trying to soothe myself...
again...will i ever be able to hang around with normal ppl...be one of them???? i dont know
what does she want from me? apology..i have done it several times..i have explained myself again n again...
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What's done is done. You did what you did for whatever your reasons were at the time. It sounds to me like you had a knee-jerk reaction. You got caught up in an awkward situation between two of your friends, and either didn't know how or weren't capable of handling it. But regardless of all that, you DID take responsibility for her hurt feelings! That's ALL you can do at this point. People make mistakes. We sometimes hurt the ones we love. And it takes a lot of courage and strength to own up to something that has had such an effect one another person! Some people would try to make excuses, pass the blame or flat out deny any wrong doing. So forgive yourself. What she does from this point on is HER responsibility!