Only time is going to help with that- time and treating her decently and politely. Breakups aren't ever clean and no matter what you try, there's always going to be hurt, jealousy and anger in the way of smoothing things over.
[Al rubs his hand over the cow.]
This is my best guess. Unless Xerxes gives her a very, very compelling reason to personally like him, they're never going to find middle ground. He's always going to be the intrusion she remembers. He was always closer to you than she was, and she only remembers that.
Of course she thought you were siding with him -- you care about him. And you don't care about her. There isn't any other option in her mind.
Besides which, Xerxes doesn't like her. He's not going to be able to play that he does, and she knows it.
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Date: 2012-06-20 04:14 pm (UTC)[Al rubs his hand over the cow.]
This is my best guess. Unless Xerxes gives her a very, very compelling reason to personally like him, they're never going to find middle ground. He's always going to be the intrusion she remembers. He was always closer to you than she was, and she only remembers that.
Of course she thought you were siding with him -- you care about him. And you don't care about her. There isn't any other option in her mind.
Besides which, Xerxes doesn't like her. He's not going to be able to play that he does, and she knows it.