I want to be completely honest about it Honesty is the best policy, there is no reason to not be honest mistakes happen, I would explain the issue, tell the pe

I want to be completely honest about it Honesty is the best policy, there is no reason to not be honest mistakes happen, I would explain the issue, tell the person that I would still love to have the chat but that I seem to be screwing it up each time, I would give him/her my Skype handle and tell them to give me a time and to contact me, that given my screw up even if I have a meeting with the president and the pope that I will cancel it to meet whatever time they schedule. It's no so much the screw up that you have to worry about, at this point, you have to affirm to them that you view them as important. The best way to do that is to put all the power of deciding into their hands and benevolently accept their decision. If they do not want to meet, send a note of understanding and apologize again ask if you can still send emails because you would like to build up trust and that you hope that they will eventually see that it was just a fluke and not a reflection of your true character.