how to overcome guilt???

Yup its hard to overcome guilt once you've hurt someone, specially if that someone is one you care for. I think the only right thing to do is to be sincere and apologize. Forgiveness is the only way I can think of to overcome guilt and have a clean conscience. :-)

I believe you didn't mean to hurt his feelings, just apologize sincerely and try not to do it again. People doesn't have the same humor so think about the person's personality first before making a joke =)

not only should you apologize to the person for hurting their feelings, cause its the right thing to do...but by saying your sorry will help asuage some of the guilt you are feeling. just let them know that you meant it as a joke and that you honestly never intended to hurt their feelings..and if you had thought the joke would hurt their feelings you never would have sent it.

Hi Kfamini Guilt is a tricky emotion...sometimes we feel more guilty over people's response than our own actions. From what you said it doesn't sound like you meant to hurt the person's feelings. Sometimes people are sensitive about things without the other person knowing about it beforehand. If the person says you hurt their feelings and you explain it was not your INTENT hurt them and say you're sorry...that's often all any of us can do. I hope you won't beat yourself up too badly over this...we all have breakdowns in communication!