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How do you resolve a fight with a best friend? details below?

MY frirend and I got in a battle yesterday over work stuff( we work together) and I feel like she was being very snappy and rude for no reason, I feel the whole thing really started at the beginning of this week, she seems very stand-offish and I just felt like I was bugging her so I told her I'm going to leave you be and I hope you feel better, well that seemed to make things worse and then yesterday it all just blew up over somethng little and I turned something small into a big deal because I felt like I couldn't say what I really wanted to say ( what is your problem, why are you avoiding, ect. We know each other very well so I could tell something was wrong) So now I need to know how to fix it. P.S the same type of thing happened between us a couple of years back and we didn't talk for 3 months and I'm still not 100% sure why.

Update:

On a side note I want to say she is not a mean or bad person if fact she is one of the nicest people I know. I just seems like very couple of years she gets tried of me. Last time this happened I got an e-mail from her saying things had been crazy in her life and she wasn't mad at me just needed some time alone ect. But just a few months ago she went through a break-up and didn't act this way in fact I like to think I helped her through it

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  • 1 decade ago
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    THis is a wild guess but if the two of you are good friends and whatever it is that is bothering her had nothing to do with you directly, odds are she would have come to you and expressed what it is that is bothering her. Since she hasn't and is obviously acting out on you, my guess is there is something that she either heard or you did (with or without you own knowledge of doing so) that is upsetting her and for the same reason that you stated; she is not being open about it. Maybe because you are friends, she does not want to be open about what it is that is bothering you because she does not want a direct confrontation and risk losing you as a friend...but...on the same token, she does want a confrontation or she would not be acting out on you. It seems to me that it is her way of dealing iwth it so that you are the one to start the dialog then she does not have to feel guilty for being the one to say what she is thinking. Does that make any sense to you? If it were me, I think I would let her cool off and wait a few days. If you spend time together outside of work doing things. I would wait for the opportunity for a setting when you would normally get together; call her and say. "i was thinking it would be fun to do such and such today but I feel like something is really bothering you or you are mad at me for some reason and maybe you would not want to" See if that allows her to fess up to you and then you can have the opportunity to resolve it. It may not be a favorable resolution but until you do; it is going to bother you as much as it is obviously bothering her.

  • 1 decade ago

    You need to approach her. If this happened in the past and you did not talk for months, it could happen again. Be the bigger person and just say "Hey I am sorry for what happened yesterday. I could kind of tell that something might be bothering you latley because you just haven't seemed yourself. Do you want to talk about it?" Also remember that you do work together and you have to maintain a professional relationship because of this, so fight or no fight, you guys have to suck it up at work. Good luck!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Either a) period- i know how snappy i get over nothing on those fateful few days of the month

    b) could be jealousy- if you work together maybe she feels some kind of rivalry

    c) something else- you'd have to ask her or think hard to see if you've done anything to upset her. If you can't think of anything, it could be a personal problem that she's stressed about

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Tell her that she was rude and snappy for ABSOLUTELY no reason, she can't react like that and expect you to be calm. It's normal, in my opinion things like that happen generally. Just call her and tell her you're kind of upset and don't want to turn this into a big deal, tell her you respect her and appreciate her opinion in everything and that it was silly to fuss about something like this.

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  • 1 decade ago

    If this helps, I sometimes act like that with MY friends not because they did something wrong, but because I'm stressed out/frustrated with something else and I need time by myself to figure it out. I uh usually snap too if I have a certain train of thought and somebody interrrupts me :P

    Try talking with her with things like "How's life?" or "Is everything ok?" to figure out what the problem is she's having, and talk SLOWLY with her in case she has a quick temper :)

    Hope this helps buddy :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i've had a best friens for nearly three years we fall out nearly every week. it so happens that no matter how serious the situation is we just start back talkinh like nothing happened. she either just walks up to me and talk or i do it. simple. or call and ask her if she's still mad over what happened and ask her y if she say's no.

  • 1 decade ago

    If i were you, i would keep things on the down low for a while, think about what happened, leave one another alone.

    Then one way or another here soon, you two will say sorry to one another about what happened.

    Source(s): Hope you feel better and get better. Have a HAPPY friday!!! :)
  • 1 decade ago

    wow so you know that happen year ago and not talk eachother for 3 months so i guess next 3 months from now sept best friend will talk to you again.. wow that cool.. if you both were married then that will be the odd news couples..

  • 1 decade ago

    why do you let her abuse you..what kind of relationship is it when she has you walking on eggshells. She has issues ..if I were you, I would welcome the break from her..and if she decides to apologize for her behavior then I would have a discussion with her as too why she does this to you

  • sweet
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    mAYBE I AM TOTALLY OFF...BUT SOMEONE MAY HAVE TOLD HER SOMETHING YOU SAID...BUT ADDED TO THE STORY.....AND she is pissed...But maybe not...IF SHE IS NOT EXPRESSING WHAT IT IS....i would just .."move on".she is going to have trouble in life by not telling what it is to the person involved...sorry.

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