After I read this I drifted back to something you said further up:
"I'm also sure that I've given them, but I don't remember those so clearly."
Most likely she doesn't either.
Angolan Proverb:
The one who throws the stone forgets;
the one who is hit remembers forever.
Addressing how she hurt your feelings is a good idea, but even when you try to do it in a non-accusatory manor some people get defensive.
Arabic Proverb
Write the bad things that are done to you in sand,
but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
Another thought would be to use the old "unsent letter" method - some evening at home just write what you'd say to her and toss it in the trash.
Brad
Posted by Brad at January 13, 2006 01:00 PMI'm Sorry (In that Minnesotan way that means 'sorry I can't make it better for you.)
Folowing in the department of unasked for advise, you need to make an apoitment to talk to your boss. I know up untill this point you have liked your boss and more importantly this is still bothering you. When my work went through some various problems one of the things our concelers pointed out was that if something is bothering you, you have to face it and work it out.
Your boss wasn't on the receiving end of the out burst and probably doesn't even remember it the same way. So for her "Sorry" may be enough.
If I remember correctly from my notes from the work we did at work, the process is something like this. You tell her how you felt and she shares how it felt from her point of view. Once you each understand where the other one was comming from you move on to working out how to fix it and prevent repatition, weither it is some change in the relationship or establishing new ways to communicate.
The important part is that if it is still bugging you, confrount it, otherwise it will just fester. (It is bugging you enough to post about it.) You still have to work there for awhile so you might as well get it over with.
Advise from ten time zones from someone who hasn't seen you in mounths. Take care.
Posted by Andy K. at January 12, 2006 07:20 AM