i’m really anxious about something i sent to a group chat about an assembly about highlighting the talents of black students in my school (i go to a preforming arts hs) which is so cool and jokingly i said “fr like why are the ppl here actually talented i thought that was a joke hfhsosbk” and someone responded and said “Obviously this was gonna be amazing, I expected nothing less” so i responded feeling really bad clarifying what i meant and said “yea ofc i meant like at this hs like ppl who go here are so talented and it’s like wow y’all are so good i feel so out of place yk y’all weren’t joking about being talented “ and no one responded to that message and i’m so scared that i offended them/ they think i’m racist/ they hate me and i’m crying/shaking and i feel so so bad

thank you. i feel so bad tho and i’m so angry at myself. i don’t think i’ll be saying anything in that group chat for a long time. ik that there’s nothing to do now but i’m just so upset

@zeep Don't be angry at yourself; again, we're all human and make mistakes sometimes. I wouldn't recommend totally staying away from the group chat (avoidance might make you feel worse), but give yourself time to calm down and the maybe later you could try apologizing and just letting them know you didn't mean for it to come out that way. If they're reasonable people then they should understand :)

@TheMelon yea ig, idk if i want to say something again tho. i feel like that would bring more attention to what i said/make a bigger deal out of it then necessary. but idk. do you think should text them another apology or should i just move on?

@zeep I think whatever makes you most comfortable is the best option. I personally would send them another text, especially if I was worrying about it, but if you're not comfortable with that that's ok. I just wouldn't recommend avoiding the group chat because it could create more worry. If you wanted, you could also do something to "break the ice", so to speak. Ya know, send 'em a meme or something :)

@TheMelon would sending something like this be ok? still nothing sure i want to say anything bc the group chat is my whole class and i’m not sure i want to bring it up again, but if i did, how’s this? “haha this is probably just me overthinking everything but i just wanted to say that this came out wrong and i didn’t mean to be mean/offensive at all and i’m sorry if anything i said came across that way”

@zeep Yes, that could definitely work. But you don't have to say anything if you don't want to.

@TheMelon ok, tysm for your help

@zeep Happy to help :)