I am waiting for an apology from them—I don’t know why I should be pleasant after repeatedly being disrespected. That sounds like you’re asking me to “be a good little girl, and let them be mean to you, because if you’re good enough, then they’ll start to be nice.” It’s not a fault upon me that I should ‘be nice until they like me’ - they misrepresented me, which is the issue, NOT “lack of engagement”.
I am waiting for an apology from them—I don’t know why I should be pleasant after repeatedly being disrespected. That sounds like you’re asking me to “be a good little girl, and let them be mean to you, because if you’re good enough, then they’ll start to be nice.” It’s not a fault upon me that I should ‘be nice until they like me’ - they misrepresented me, which is the issue, NOT “lack of engagement”.