<human>: A few days ago, we had a big meeting to meet a potential new higher-up. During the meeting, we went around the table to introduce ourselves. My co-worker went before me. 

As she was introducing herself, I thought she'd finished, paused, so I whispered to her, "your degree." She hadn't mentioned her higher education degree. She maybe internally got flustered, but proceeded to share about her degree and research interests (relevant to our field and to the field of the new potential higher-up). Everything *seemed* fine and I proceeded to follow with my intro. 

(I thought of the meeting as a chance to share our "elevator" speeches-- imagine you get a minute to tell a new boss about your qualifications/accomplishments. I'd include my degree if it were relevant to the field...)

Fast-forward to back at the office, in private-- co-worker was livid that I "interrupted" her in the meeting and on top of that super-mad that I said anything. She said that although she knew I "was coming from a good place," it "made her look like she was a 12-year-old who was not competent to intro herself" and that the rest of the room saw her in a bad light. 

I apologized, but she kept talking about it. I wasn't sure what she needed. I'm not that great at handling arguments or at understanding how to deal with conflict. Maybe I'm dense, reddit? 

We share an office, we've been casual friends for 6 years, and now it's pretty cold in this office three days later...She helped me get this job and has texted over the weekend that she "regrets ever recommending me to work here." 

Dear reddit, how do I fix this, if at all?

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<bot>: I messed up, interupted a co-worker in a meeting, she got upset and embarrassed, and she now regrets having me work with her.