Personal Narrative Essay On Hanging Up

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Thanks for hanging up in my face. You are notorious for doing stuff and when we respond to you, you back down making it look like we started it. You snap at people and expect a soft answer. As I was saying on the phone, I had a right to be mad this weekend. I should have been even madder. You carry yourself like a single woman or like a sexes man in our relationship. It is always your way or you want have anything to do with it. The conversation between you and I was that we were going to go to Galveston and used the Schlitterbaun tickets, go to other parks and spend the night at the San Louise. I asked you to book that Hotel. I also asked you were you sure that Brianna knew that she was on for next month. We were supposed to go to Kemah …show more content…

I am extremely honest about myself. I typically acknowledge my faults before I concentrate on others. I even typically beat myself up. I don’t ask anyone to do things that I want do. I am normally trying to help cheer a person up or build them up. Again, I do have faults but those are not them (See email below from Soumya). Remember, this is coming from a very difficult woman that didn’t like me at first. I have items like this in all my files everywhere I have worked or gone to school. I don’t stir up mess. I never have. I do let it go on to far and then try to correct it. I know that not the best way, but that is who I am. I can count on my hands and feet how many time I have gotten into it with people over my entire life outside of you. And yes, people have taking shots at me as early as elementary (figuratively speaking and literally speaking). I have always chose to try to find a way out without hurting someone. That’s saying a lot coming from where I came from and playing one of the most aggressive positions in all sports. Not to mention being in one of, if not the most, racist industry in the nation. Remember I have been told to my face that I am smart for a black man. My advisor in college didn’t even like African American

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