This is a quick follow up to my post from July 9 (“A Long Overdue Apology”) which is about one of my juvenile dating blunders 60 plus years ago. Especially for my high school classmates who inquired about that situation at our class reunion last Saturday – here’s the rest of the story.
I did decide while at the reunion to apologize to the woman I had disrespected on that long ago date. To my relief she remembered the date but did not remember my bad behavior and graciously assured me I need no longer worry about that incident.
The interesting thing that ensued during our conversation was that she shared her story about apologizing to her brother for a time when she had treated him badly. And then another classmate joined our conversation and told us of a situation similar to mine where he apologized to a woman he had treated poorly on a date many years before.
I left the reunion glad I had apologized and even happier that my doing so had opened the door for some mutual sharing of our common humanity.
Peacefully Harsh 
At a boy, Steve! Mardy and I enjoyed seeing you. It was a fun reunion. See you in two years, if not before.
Likewise for me. I’ll bet our paths will cross before two years.
I’m glad I got to hear “the rest of the story”, and I’m also glad that it turned out well. It’s always nice to hear that you’re not alone in what you see in yourself as bad behavior!