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Originally Posted by Etcetera1
I'm really sorry. 
I do find it harder to let go of and forget what was said in anger, I think in the past I dealt with it more easily, pushed back more easily before drama would escalate too much, and ironically enough, it all somehow didn't escalate as much, or if it did, I was more able to get over it faster. I may have been forgetting about it all too easily too, I don't know, but now it's like the negativity from it lingers around a long time. |
Thank you.
This is what I am dealing with myself. The negative things said have stuck with me, causing me pain and conflicted feelings towards him. I get why he said these things, yet the apology did not change the behavior, as Rive points out. That's bothersome.