Question Posted Thursday November 23 2006, 12:15 am
soo i have this friend right and his name is marc.. well marc has a girlfriend named ashley and me and her use to be really good friends and so did me and marc but one day marc had said some suff that he shouldent have said and i have a really bad temper so i slaped him, his girlfriend and i had it out and now were not friends and rele dont want to be friends with her ever agin because she starts a whole bunch of stuff... well me and marc appoligized to each other but sence this girl ashley keeps bringing it up to him he keeps getting pissed and he want talk to me... and well now him and ashley broke up. so i thowt things would be good between me and him ((also marc and my boyfriend are bestfriends, so i want to be friends with marc so my boyfrined can just relax and have no proplems)) well any who today me and marc were talking and i asked him why he aint talkin to me any more and he said that he lost all respect for me, i reminded him that we both had appoligized for what we did and told him that i made a mistake... and now all i want to do is be his friend agin i mean i know it would mean a whole lot to my boyfriend of almost 2 years if me an marc made up, so please tell me what to do to make up with one of my oldest friends... please...
LadyAnne answered Thursday November 23 2006, 9:27 am: You can do your best, but he has to be willing to have a friendship with you before it will work out for you two. What you can do is call him and ask him if he will just listen to you. Then, apologize again. Not only for slapping him, but for causing problems between him and Ashley. Yes, even if they aren't together you should apologize to him for that. To give the apology more value, you should admit that what you did was wrong and say you are sorry that you hurt him. Then offer him a repentence, that you will never again act that way towards him.
Don't expect him to respond to you right away. Apologizing like this, and letting him know you would like a friendship with him, is the best you can do for now. And then shut up about it, to him and to your boyfriend, unless one of them brings it up. If either of them do, just politely remind them both that you have offered a sincere apology.
Be prepared for the possibility that the two of you will not regain your friendship. If that is the case, then continue to be polite and kind to him for your boyfriend's sake. [ LadyAnne's advice column | Ask LadyAnne A Question ]
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