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Kelly Smith is a mother, friend, teacher, writer and avid pursuer of contentedness. Struck by a promise to herself to live in constant honesty, she strives to always grow and learn from life. When she isn’t teaching or parenting, she’s usually buried in a book or chained to her laptop, trying to finish the next Great Australian Novel.

When Someone Blames You: How to Cope with Misdirected Anger

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“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” ~Robert Brault

My ex-boyfriend is angry with me.

I met him soon after he had broken up with his then fiancée, and he thought he was ready to move on, but wasn’t. After many months of messing me about, we ended it. I cut off contact because it still hurt me and I still cared for him.

Eventually, I wrote to him to see if I could get some closure and to consider if we could salvage a friendship. His reply was scathing, vitriolic, angry. He blamed …