You had a business relationship with them. You were not friends.
Not being bitter about it, rather I should have been more strict and not offered business favours for free. Things like not charging for late payments, relocation and so on. 100% my error.
This isn't something HN can help you with. This is lawyer territory.
I was more wanting to hear some feedback on my situation. It's a tough season for me and I want to make sure I'm learning the right things from it.
To perhaps gain some clarity as I don't have many people I feel comfortable talking to about this.
How it relates to the article, I feel. If the people you work with unfairly dislike you it might be a good sign of a problem deeper down.
(obviously a great deal of soul searching is needed to know if 'unfairly disliked' is applicable)
If you were robbed in the street, would you be laying in bed worrying about whether you had a robbable face? Would you be trying to think how you could have been friendlier to your muggers?