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May I ask your Advice?

In the Garden alone

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:help: Hi friends,

I have a bit of a problem that I hope you can help me with,
I have a friend whom I have only known for Two years Online, (We have never met personally) who Is angry with me at the moment.
We have exchanged Emails & Pictures, and even Phoned one another.I found That we had Quite alot In common & I Believed we were very Good friends up Until recently.

Here Is the Scenario: She was to Phone me one Evening, But I could not be home because my Husband took me Out to Dinner! It was most Important and I could not refuse, And now she will not accept my Instant messages or Emails!
As a Christian I even Apologized to her for not being home That evening, and she still refuses to Acknowledge me.
I am just wondering what some of you would do to deal with this Situation? Should I keep Apologizing to her?This Is very Distressing for me. I hope this Post made At least some sense, as you can see I am Quite upset about this entire Ordeal.

Thank you for any Advice, you may offer.:( God Bless.
 

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quit emailing her. wait until she says something to you. you've already offered her an apology and it's her decision now. asking for for giveness and letting her know that you feel really guilty may make your friend believe that she is right to bet upset about one small thing. I know I'm young and inexperienced but I've been in a situation with a best friend and I proved myself "vulnerable" by asking for forgiveness.

hope that helps.
 
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Miscommunication is the key word, you hurted her feelings by not informing her well enough that you would be there on that day. Every girl knows that not returning a call is a almost garentee for that person to be angry, therefore call her on the phone and apologize. Try it once on the first day, then call her 3 days later, then call her 7 days later. If by then she is still angry at you, then you did your best to make up again. If she does accept your apologies, you have to make sure stuff like this doesn't happen in the future anymore.

COMMUNICATION = the key, simply because this will allow you to understand eachother, and avoid misconceptions that will cause the ending if your relationship , and the hatred and anger that comes along with it. Be carefull its like grabbing a wild cat with gloves on, she'll throw things at you but you have to see thru that, tell her that you will never miss one of her calls ever again, and (actually do not miss any of them and make very very sure that you will be there on that given time/date) ,its very nasty to be left ouf in the dark,cold she must have felt very lonely.
 
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:wave: Oh my dear, you've said you were sorry. Now the ball is in her court - so to speak. Quit making yourself sick over it. If she cannot understand why you couldn't be home to take her phone call that night, then frankly she has a problem.

You are in my prayers. :hug: :prayer:
 
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It s been said already and I agree. You said sorry, I dont think you need to follow it up. If your friend chooses to ignore you that is her issue not yours. If she is truly your friend she will come back. Give it time. If not well thats her loss not yours.
 
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In the Garden alone said:
:help: Hi friends,

I have a bit of a problem that I hope you can help me with,
I have a friend whom I have only known for Two years Online, (We have never met personally) who Is angry with me at the moment.
We have exchanged Emails & Pictures, and even Phoned one another.I found That we had Quite alot In common & I Believed we were very Good friends up Until recently.

Here Is the Scenario: She was to Phone me one Evening, But I could not be home because my Husband took me Out to Dinner! It was most Important and I could not refuse, And now she will not accept my Instant messages or Emails!
As a Christian I even Apologized to her for not being home That evening, and she still refuses to Acknowledge me.
I am just wondering what some of you would do to deal with this Situation? Should I keep Apologizing to her?This Is very Distressing for me. I hope this Post made At least some sense, as you can see I am Quite upset about this entire Ordeal.

Thank you for any Advice, you may offer.:( God Bless.
You can expect this relationship to contain more of the same. I would just let it go. If she relents and calls or E-mails, then you can discuss it. The ball is in her court.
 
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In the Garden alone said:
:help: Hi friends,

I have a bit of a problem that I hope you can help me with,
I have a friend whom I have only known for Two years Online, (We have never met personally) who Is angry with me at the moment.
We have exchanged Emails & Pictures, and even Phoned one another.I found That we had Quite alot In common & I Believed we were very Good friends up Until recently.

Here Is the Scenario: She was to Phone me one Evening, But I could not be home because my Husband took me Out to Dinner! It was most Important and I could not refuse, And now she will not accept my Instant messages or Emails!
As a Christian I even Apologized to her for not being home That evening, and she still refuses to Acknowledge me.
I am just wondering what some of you would do to deal with this Situation? Should I keep Apologizing to her?This Is very Distressing for me. I hope this Post made At least some sense, as you can see I am Quite upset about this entire Ordeal.

Thank you for any Advice, you may offer.:( God Bless.

An on-line relationship is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get. You can see what is on the outside, but you never know what is inside until you bite into it. You bit into it.
 
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