Anita,

He asked me to apologize for not speaking to him for those two days when I told him I didn’t want to talk and that I needed space. I start to get really defensive about my point of views when a disagreement gets heated and it becomes angry. I’ve been analyzing myself a lot on the reason why I couldn’t bring myself to apologize and I think if it had stayed civil, and he could’ve explained his point of view and his feelings without lashing out at me I would’ve been inclined to see that and apologize. I’ve learned that I respond with much more compassion when others do the same rather than resulting to anger.

I believe that I was harsh and unthoughtful because he kind of pointed that out to me, I’ve been told in my past that I can be mean even when I don’t intend to be and that is something I’ve always worked at. And hearing people say that always hits home, with him, I think I would give him “tough love” but still encouragement when I thought that he had the strength to get through hard times like finding a job and getting cut from auditions, my intentions were always to motivate him and have faith in him, but maybe it didn’t come across that way.