Conflicted

This week, my class took another set of individual and group quizzes on our current unit which is about conflict. I’m happy to report that my group had little conflict between ourselves, and we were able to get a perfect score! Teamwork makes the dream work, right?

So, time to chat about conflict now. A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about how one of my friends was not answering my texts all of a sudden, and how the silence drove me crazy. I was so confused (because as far as I could tell, nothing had happened), and of course, I felt very sad. Well, I’m here to give an update.

Recently, that friend reached out to me. I won't go into too much detail, but long story short, my friend offered an apology and explanation. I was so relieved to hear from my friend and not feel in the dark about the situation anymore. However, I, personally, felt conflicted. On the one hand, I was very happy to finally have my friend back, but on the other hand, I was frustrated that my friend had not texted me sooner.

In the end, I decided that the best solution was to just be accommodating. As upset as I had originally felt, I knew that the right thing to do was to not be mad at my friend. I hinted that I had been confused about what had happened, but my focus was to be as understanding as possible. I would have been upset with myself if I took a different approach because honestly, I'm just glad to have my friend again.