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Is a letter considered harassment?
If you want to apologize to someone and they arent returning your calls, responding to emails or texts, and if you wanted to send them an apology letter via snail mail, is this considered harassment? I did something terrible to a friend and I want her to see that I am very sorry and I want to make it up to her. I was planning on sending her a letter to her at work so she had it when she gets back from vacation, as my last attempt to show how sorry I am and how I valued her friendship and I still do.
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- Vera GabrieleLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
No the letter is not harrassment.. but if you did something very terrible this person might have decided that your action just went too far.. and she or he can't forgive. then you have to let go.. you can learn from the mistake you made.. as you said you did something rather terrible.. unfortunately not every person is that forgiving. you have learned already as you want to make amends and you know that what you did was wrong... that is good and will help you a lot in the future and will stop you from doing something like this again. but I am not sure if it will help with this friend.. it will only help if she values your friendship more than the hurt you caused.. then she will forgive you but if she doesn't you have to let go .. your concience is clear now.. you know you made a mistake and you did apologize and you can't do more .. if the apology is rejected you have to let go of this friend. .. and find a new friend.. that happens...we all make mistakes in life.. a good friend would most likely give you a second chance but again all depends how horrible it really was what you did.. xxx
- EthernautLv 61 decade ago
Depends, are you going to harass her via the letter? If you are, then of course it is — and actually quite concrete evidence against you in the future should this be taken to a legal level for one reason or another (just how serious is this?). You seem as sincere as anyone in this medium though, so assuming you're honest here, go forward with your plan and write – be polite, honest, and sincere in your letter and mail it out; what do you have to lose with it?
Short answer: assuming she doesn't have some sort of legal restriction against doing so and that you don't harass her in the letter, give it a shot.
- 1 decade ago
Sometime an apology is not enough, when you wrong someone. It sounds like she is done with you,. leave it alone. I would think it could very well be considered harassment to send the letter to her work. And I think you have no friendship anymore. She has ended it.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Is your questions about the letter - which is not harrassment or something altogether different? It's difficult to grow up and learn that your parent/s are not perfect - it happens to us all. There are things my parents refuse to acknowledge to this day, pain in my life as a result of their imperfections. I learned that it is up to me to come to terms with my experience as a child and the treatment that I received. Some therapists say it's good medicine to confront your ghosts. My experience is that no matter how hard I try, I can't get my parents to admit to the hurt they caused me. What I did succeed in doing is feeding my own anger and frustration causing everyone more pain. We all have that strange inner need to be affirmed. We want to hear 'Yes, you're right, I was horrible'. We want our parents to acknowledge their failures. I believe we all generally try to do the best we know how with and for our children. Some have more tools to accomplish this than others. When I confronted my parents I drove a wedge between us that will likely never be repaired. I wonder sometimes if the gain (which is the satisfaction of hurting them - and unfortunately myself along with them) is greater than the loss - even the initial loss (their mistreatment). Truly, what has happened in the past is in the past. Unless the relationship continues to be an unhealthy one (whereas I would advise minimum contact) then you have a choice to make. What will you gain, what is more important to you and why? When you answer this question, you will have the answer that is right for you in your situation. Good Luck.
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- bigblueLv 41 decade ago
If she has a restraining order against you, than you are screwed. Otherwise, sending a letter is a very good way to apologize without invading your friend in anyway. However, if she doesn't answer your letter, than let it go. Call it quits and never contact her again.
- teacupnLv 61 decade ago
Whatever you did, you might try writing an apology, but she may tear it up without reading it, so write anyway and then leave her alone until she is ready to speak to you. IF you run into her accidentally, be kind and smile. She may not return the favor, but at least you will and later she may think about that and come around. But she will need some time, so give it to her.
- Nacho MamaLv 71 decade ago
Perhaps say it with Hallmark.
That way the card says it all, and you can add a short note of 1-2 lines.
Dont skimp on the cost whatever you do. This is not the time to look cheap. As they say, you want to "care enough to send the very best"
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Just answered a question like this....NEVER put anything in writing....NEVER.....you can't take it back or it can be misconstrued. If someone is not responding to you by calls or whatever....don't write a letter. Harassment can only be done if a person has told you once not to contact them. If you have been informed only one time by a person to not talk to them, to leave them alone....any type of communication is harassment.
- 1 decade ago
Unless she said NEVER to contact her I don't think it is harrasment. If you haven't had the opportunity to apologize and just want to be heard for the apology and don't expect or force anything else, it seems fine.
Source(s): I am a chick who has been wronged before :)