Sunday, May 13, 2012

Off Putting, Misinterpretation, and Narrative

Again analyzing my message to Stephanie, I find myself wondering why my initial messages are so... off putting. It's like I can't turn off that know-it-all mode.  I need to look at my own messages from a third person point of view in order to understand how the other person would view my messages.

I'm still thinking about Julie and the message I sent her.  Even though she most likely don't want any to do with me after that night, I feel that she might have misinterpreted my message to her.  I also feel that she might think that I was lying to her.  My previous messages included apologizing to her, but never included the imagining part.  From my perspective, it's the truth, but from her perspective it seems like I was lying and constantly changing my story.  I screwed up.

Note to self:  Make sure the other person sees from the same perspective as you do, make sure there is no room for interpretation.

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