So, I apologized to someone on FB

In a local FB group, debate gets very heated re: politics and this whole situation going on in the world. I seemed to keep going at it with one guy in particular. I’d thought some of his posts were sensical but sometimes it seemed like an alter-ego would kick in and I’d rip into those posts.

I’ve been focusing so much on all this and the financial aspect is hitting harder and harder as I near my furlough date in a couple weeks and fully expect not to be back at work until Labor Day, maybe.

So today, I saw another post of his and it was one I would have made, myself. So I messaged him privately and apologized for my online behavior

He replied in apologetic tones, himself, and said he can be an ass online (as can I)

We ended up messaging back and forth for about two hours and both agreed on so many things and just the stress (and anonymity of the online world) got the better of both of us.

It felt good to find common ground and I think for the first time that new phrase (we’re going to get through this together) actually had some real meaning to me.