Thank you all for taking time off to reply my post.
I need help. I dont understand. What does he want out of it when
he brings the matter up again?
-mancha: I understand that I have hurted him. Simply, hearing him
out and saying sorry isnt going to help. He asked how are we going
to solve this. He doesnt believe in the "let time heal all", he
wants a solution. But what's that? He wants to feel like he is
appeciated? What should I do?
We didnt do anything after what happen. I just made my group pass
me what they had and ended the session. My groupmate shook his hand
and thanked him for coming b4 they left.
- TTFU and littlemissbonkers: No matter what. I believe
that he has a reason to be mad since I did raise my voice at him.
Call me stubborn, stupid. But, I wish for it to work.
-strodingerscat: If I have read and understand your intend message
correctly. I wish u were here to hear how he questioned me. It
wasnt like a casal u know, u hurted my feelings when u...
He was very agressive with his tone and choice of words. I d
like to see how u wld handled it, if u feel that defending myself
was wrong and made my apology seem insincere.
Thankyou.
The thing is... Right now, both of you seem to be justifying
your actions by saying the other caused it first.
That isn't being sorry for what YOU did.
You can't apologise for what he did, that onus is on him. And
you can never force a sincere apology out of him by trying to say
it is his fault for making you shout at him.Two wrongs just... make
two wrongs. It doesn't make a wrong a right.
So, just say sorry for what you did sincerely - which is for
shouting at him in front of your friends, and not appreciating him
despite him waiting for such a long time just to help you. That's
all.
Saying sorry without buts is a super difficult skill to
learn - but since your post was about how to salvage the
relationship - then I suggest it is something both of you CAN start
learning. I don't mean this in a patronising way - I am saying this
cos it is something I have learnt through my own relationships and
is still learning.