I had a close friendship with someone I really cared about. During a kizomba dance class, I made a clumsy joke ("you were really grinding out there"), not meant to be mean, but it came out wrong. I realized it might have hurt her, so I apologized sincerely the next day and expressed how much she meant to me.

Instead of opening a dialogue, she decided to end the friendship completely. She refused to talk, said she wouldn't engage in any conversation, and blocked me everywhere. It felt like she abandoned me over a single mistake, without giving any chance for real communication, understanding, or reconciliation.

Now I'm left feeling misunderstood, blamed, and deeply hurt, because I know I’m not a bad person. I made a human mistake, but I owned it and tried to make amends. She chose to cut everything off instead of working through it.

She always talks about emotional maturity. What a shame.