Well, I woke up early this morning, determining that I would do this today...apologize to someone for something that happened a long time ago.
When my daughter was young, elementary age (she's 28 now), she had a girlfriend from down the street with whom she played daily. I was friends with her mother. They were playing in our family room, and the little girl hit her head on the patio glass door, shattering the door, and getting a bump on her head. Otherwise, she was okay. I said I needed to call her mother, but she pleaded with me not to do so, since her mother would get hysterical. I sent her home, without calling, which was wrong. Then, when my husband came home from work (and this is the BAD part!), he made me call them, not to check on the little girl, but to demand that THEY pay for the patio door repair thru THEIR home insurance. I actually DID this! Where was my brain ??? and what was I thinking? There are actually a couple of other incidents like this that he made me do....but why did I? Why didn't I stand up to him, or just make HIM do such a thing!

Needless to say, it made the mother very angry....first of all that her child could have been injured, and then the request for her to pay for it! She ceased speaking to me after that, and wouldn't let her child play with my daughter from there on. She and I are both teachers, and we see each other rarely, but we do now speak and chat. I'm thinking I need to call her to discuss what happened, and give a belated apology. What are your opinions on this?

OH, and yes, I divorced him.
Patty