Posted by pegasus on February 7, 2007, at 19:47:39
In reply to oh no... oh no. panic, posted by wishingstar on February 7, 2007, at 18:42:39
Hi wishingstar,
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about your unfortunate mistake. I've done that type of thing before, and I know how awful you must feel. But I think you did absolutely the best thing that you could have done afterward. It was *really* good to email him and let him know you were ok, and that you didn't intend to send that to him. If he's a decent person - and it sounds like he is - he's going to probably just feel really bad for you and want to be supportive.
I don't know if this will help you feel any better, but here's a slightly similar true story: A grad student (who will remain nameless here wink wink) was once asked to answer several questions as part of a tenure review for her advisor. These questions were sent to the whole institute, in case anyone had any objections to the advisor being given tenure. The grad student had had a lot of difficulties with the advisor, and wrote about them quite frankly and at great length in her response. Which she accidentally sent to the entire institute! Oops! The story ends with the student actually managing to graduate anyway, but it was a tough row to hoe there for a while.
I'm sending you lots of gentle, supportive energy tonight, to help you through this and everything else you've been dealing with. Please try really hard to stay safe. I'm always glad to see you here, and you're important to me and other babblers, even if I don't post often.
peg
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