I'm going to write this Dustin person once more. I will not let Loki get the best of me this time. Not while I still have unembarrassing means at my command.
I began with this notion, and wisely (it happens!) waited:
1. Dustin. What happened? Did I say something to offend you?
Hawkman suggested I remove what could put him on the defensive and say instead:
2. Dustin. What happened? Is this one of those "good while it lasted" things, or is there something else going on?
Now I wonder if I should be a bit lighter after all:
3. Hello? You OK? Should I call the Coast Guard? Was it the mittens? God help us, please don't let it be the mittens.
Again.
d. One more day and I'm calling the Ski Patrol. Or Burger King, whichever number I find first.
V. An unholy alliance of two or more
O how I wish Jenny were online this week. But you, I have you, and I NEED you, so please add a comment ringing in with your opinion, please please, you, yes you. Other suggestions are welcome and hoped for. And it'll be especially helpful if you make it a comment; that way, others can see and respond. (You don't have to be a member of Blogger. You can just use your own lovely name, make one up, or be anonymous.)
Thursday affirmations
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Sorry not to reply earlier, it was a busy afternoon
I knda like Hawkman's idea, and he's a boy, so he has insight.
Though, given the tone of the other emails, I also like the mittens angle. I vote against a time limit, though.
A mix, then?
time limit?
Oh the One more day?
I like the mitten thing, too... and the phone number thing. Both of them seem birthed from the mind of a gal that I'd enjoy finding out more about (if I was a dude looking for that sort of thing, of course). And the tone does not ring of confrontation or assumption of anything that he is doing, or that you did, or that he thinks you did, but that you already know that he knows that you know that he might have some idea that you think you might have done what you thought he thinks you did.
So yeah, I like the lighter options from the mind of funny Cree (not the darker assumptions from the mind WTF-is-going-on-Bucko Cree). Of course, I'd eschew email and say it to him in a puppet film instead. But that's just me. And I live alone in a flat above a funeral parlor.
:)
Silence, that's the answer. He's not stranded on K2, so he just doesn't feel like calling/emailing. He has bad taste. The only chance you have of reinticing him is indifferent, deeply cool, mysterious, probably-at-a-party-with-a-much-better-looking-guy silence. xo Jeepers
good points and all true, Jeepers, but I am not letting one of these things drift away again, not after the previous e-mail conversations with him. I have spent my life letting things happen TO me, and there will be e-mail! (One more, from me. Bulls, horns, one time more, off we go.)
Hmm. Ok, I think I've got the idea of what's going on here. And I think you could go with any of those scenarios.(though I'm very fond of humor) You just have to be very clear that you expect the respect a response, be it something you will want to hear or not . And even more importantly than whether you choose humor, silence or direct questioning is that you have to be totally...and I mean TOTALLY willing to let it go after you have made your move. I suggest a combination of 3, then 1 with a dash of "you can tell me the truth, I'm ok with it no matter what".
Am I even close to getting this?
oxoxoojenny
i vote for #3. mittens is it. then let him respond (or not) and we can vote again. plus, you only live once. and as the swoosh would say, Just Do It.
Aw, you don't need me!
He might be a fraidy-jerk who clams up at the sight of non-hypothetical interactions with girls. Or something might have legitimately come up.
I vote mittens too, backed by being prepared to do no more ever, if that's the feedback (or lack thereof) that you get in return.
I am thusly prepared.
As anyone with mittens would be, I think you'll agree.
I know I'm late in commenting here, and you've probably already responded to him....but I was CRAZY busy with clients for the past 2 days. However, I like the mittens angle best...for the very reason that you are just such an engaging, funny, and heartfelt gal....just like the mittens message. Hell, I'd date you:)
Luv ya - Blake
My reply is delayed! UNAVOIDABLE! I like #3 of the ones listed. And in cases like these, I'm all about patience. If you do write, keep it light and short and humorous. Good chance he's just plum busy, or maybe a little out to lunch, but over-eagerness never caught the worm. Or some such quote. I like #3. And say three cheers for twefster!
PIE!
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