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Post by nosferatu on Mar 27, 2009 20:28:06 GMT -5
Hey. So, basically, I have put myself in a situation where I've done something pretty shitty through no fault of my own and hurt a friend.
This friend is the sort of person who concocts conspiracies, theories and convinces themselves they're true and gets themselves all upset about it.
So, apologising is difficult.
Basically the condensed version of the story is that I'm now doing a writing job my friend left/got fired from. Unlike my friend, I'm not getting paid as it's not really a lot of work - I'm doing it for experience. I was supposed to be doing it anonymously until I found the time to tell my friend that I was doing their job... but my hand's been forced because my name got printed with the article this week, despite my wishes that it were to remain anonymous.
SO it looks as if I haven't made time to discuss it with my friend - even though I was making time... until my name got printed. If you see what I mean.
How do you even go about mending something like this?!
I feel like a scab.
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Post by hoodrat on Mar 28, 2009 7:50:33 GMT -5
that's rough. it sounds like you maybe owe him an apology for not telling him sooner, but that he's going to be angry about possibly a great deal more than that. maybe he'll come around if you just lay it out. good luck.
speaking as someone who has pissed off many a friend, the good ones come around, no matter how dumb i was.
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Post by anniehall on Mar 28, 2009 9:19:11 GMT -5
speaking as someone who has pissed off many a friend, the good ones come around, no matter how dumb i was. i sure hope you're right about that...
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Post by nosferatu on Mar 28, 2009 12:36:17 GMT -5
thanks hoodrat!
yeah, basically the shitstorm I expected started today about the whole thing... this person is now trying to publicly undermine me because they've managed to concoct the idea that they got fired from the job because I was ready to do it for free. Which isn't true.
Pah, it's pathetic. Part of me thinks if they considered me a friend in the first place they wouldn't draw this conclusion in the first place. I'm just gonna lay it out, let them have their say and see what happens.
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