Hi Anita,

Thank you for this thoughtful analysis. I think it may have some truth to it, in that when I was involved with this organization I felt that my parents were disappointed in me because my grades suffered. A belief that I held in my mind was that they liked that I had prestige, but didn’t actually support me doing anything with this position. I felt that this impacted how I performed that year.

I have matured since then, and we have a much better relationship now. I am trying to decide if I want to bring this up and apologize, or instead attribute this event to my immaturity at the time.