Hello, I’m Virakboth C., from New York High School, where we used to study together. You invited me to your dinner party last week, and I knew that there was going to be a lot of our old friends. Now it’s been a week, and I haven’t contacted you and haven’t made it up to you yet. I didn’t expect that I was going to be busy for your event and missed it, and I have a few excuses for myself for the day that I missed your event. I know that you’re upset; listen to me explain first.
My first excuse is that my baby nephew broke his leg bone, and his father, who is my brother, is not in town. It is a significant issue for me. If I didn’t make it there on time to be there for him, I would regret it and wouldn’t be able to move on from it. I would prefer to be there for him when he needs me the most.
Secondly, the company that I work for needs me to go on a business trip ASAP because the other guy who should have gone there got into a traffic accident, which is very dangerous for him to keep going on the business trip. So my company decided to choose me because I’m the one who’s free from work, and especially since I don’t have little nephews who could go on that trip with me. I’m writing this letter not to ask for understanding or forgiveness but to urge you to ensure that I didn’t miss your dinner party event on purpose.
As I mentioned, I’m not writing this letter to ask for forgiveness nor understanding, because I understand that the dinner party event that you hosted is really important to you. However, I believe it’s easy for you to understand me and forgive me, and I also believe that I will learn from my mistakes and strive to improve. I hope this doesn’t happen to you ever again because I will never let this ever happen again. I will encourage myself to change my habits and be more careful and honest moving forward. Thank you.