Accountability Time
Today, I come here to release my emotions about this and gain some clarity, so that I can move forward. I had a confrontation with a loved one that got physical. The part I played in the altercation, I acknowledge and regret. I have written to the person in question and apologized for my part in the confrontation, and I have also apologized to the others who witnessed it. The thing I can't seem to wrap my head around or get past is the portion where the other party believes they should get a face-to-face apology first when they were the initial instigator and aggressor. I reacted to what was initially done to me, and now everyone is reacting to my reaction because I took it too far. I feel like had the person not taken it to that level, I would not have taken it to the next level, which I agree was taken too far. In this altercation, they touched me in an aggressive manner first, which caused me to react unfavorably. I was sitting down while they were screaming and cursing out eve...