01-29-2004, 02:15 AM
The conclusion. I wish and hope this drama would continue, but hopefully for her sake she is not THAT stupid.
My follow up email:
I acknowledge and appreciate that you have always welcomed me into your home. My perceptions, as far as the "dumb", "spiteful" etc. comments, are by no means how I perceive or wish to portray you personally. That would be far from truth since we have spoken extensively an I know you to be both kind and intelligent. Granted I could have used more kinder language, but as I stated I don't mince words and my diplomatic skills are war torn. However, the note you sent was (roughly) as follows:
***talk about the birthday***
Me: I'm glad you guys had fun.
You: We honor birthdays. Don't worry your father is loved and respected around here.
Now, given that IM is a rather impersonal means of communicating and can lead to misundertanding, how might you interpret that? Now couple that with all of our chats regarding my sister, my mom, etc. NONE or very few of which were initiated by myself. I don't want to talk about it. You claim your comments regarding these issues are solicited by my comments. But I don't comment. If I do it's rare. As I said, and I reiterate, I don't wanna talk about them and I don't care. I only care about my relationship with my father. Yet, you bring these issues up all the time. You can say that I am misreading the situation and contorting it as an excuse to vent and project on to you because of secret resentment, my own personal issues, or whatever. But this is false, I can assure you.
Also, it was not my intention to "threaten" you by saying my father would be dragged into this. And I assuredly also have no fears or quams of telling him everything we've ever or currently talk about. But this is obviously not neccesary or appropriate. We have had a small misunderstanding and I'm willing to let it lie. I hope you are too. But in the future I hope we can just avoid talking about things that neither of us have any true and complete understanding. If the drama between my father, mother and sister is all we have to talk about then let us just not talk. I don't need to talk about it. I live it. I try to get away from it and forget it. Peace.
Her response:
It seems to me that if the unwanted information never gets here via e-mail to start with then this problem is over isn't it? You can control what information you e-mail here and be part of the solution here. No calls come here from there only your e-mails to Tom. This soap opera scenario needs to stop both ways. Your issues with Tom and his with you and Alex are yours to work out. Neither one of us want to hear all the goings on up there.
I have no interest in involving myself nor do I want to speculate on knowing the whole picture. My efforts to talk to you were not interpreted the way they were meant or intended and thats it.
Any and all conversations with you will be much different from now on I assure you of that.
So, if you are in agreement to working on being part of the solution as opposed to being part of the problem then this issue is over entirely. I accept my responsibility to being part of the solution. I,too would like to end this disagreement and get going on a more positive note.
My response:
Trying to befriend you was a mistake. You are obviously an ass and everything I implied in my original email. Never speak to me again.
hehe
My follow up email:
I acknowledge and appreciate that you have always welcomed me into your home. My perceptions, as far as the "dumb", "spiteful" etc. comments, are by no means how I perceive or wish to portray you personally. That would be far from truth since we have spoken extensively an I know you to be both kind and intelligent. Granted I could have used more kinder language, but as I stated I don't mince words and my diplomatic skills are war torn. However, the note you sent was (roughly) as follows:
***talk about the birthday***
Me: I'm glad you guys had fun.
You: We honor birthdays. Don't worry your father is loved and respected around here.
Now, given that IM is a rather impersonal means of communicating and can lead to misundertanding, how might you interpret that? Now couple that with all of our chats regarding my sister, my mom, etc. NONE or very few of which were initiated by myself. I don't want to talk about it. You claim your comments regarding these issues are solicited by my comments. But I don't comment. If I do it's rare. As I said, and I reiterate, I don't wanna talk about them and I don't care. I only care about my relationship with my father. Yet, you bring these issues up all the time. You can say that I am misreading the situation and contorting it as an excuse to vent and project on to you because of secret resentment, my own personal issues, or whatever. But this is false, I can assure you.
Also, it was not my intention to "threaten" you by saying my father would be dragged into this. And I assuredly also have no fears or quams of telling him everything we've ever or currently talk about. But this is obviously not neccesary or appropriate. We have had a small misunderstanding and I'm willing to let it lie. I hope you are too. But in the future I hope we can just avoid talking about things that neither of us have any true and complete understanding. If the drama between my father, mother and sister is all we have to talk about then let us just not talk. I don't need to talk about it. I live it. I try to get away from it and forget it. Peace.
Her response:
It seems to me that if the unwanted information never gets here via e-mail to start with then this problem is over isn't it? You can control what information you e-mail here and be part of the solution here. No calls come here from there only your e-mails to Tom. This soap opera scenario needs to stop both ways. Your issues with Tom and his with you and Alex are yours to work out. Neither one of us want to hear all the goings on up there.
I have no interest in involving myself nor do I want to speculate on knowing the whole picture. My efforts to talk to you were not interpreted the way they were meant or intended and thats it.
Any and all conversations with you will be much different from now on I assure you of that.
So, if you are in agreement to working on being part of the solution as opposed to being part of the problem then this issue is over entirely. I accept my responsibility to being part of the solution. I,too would like to end this disagreement and get going on a more positive note.
My response:
Trying to befriend you was a mistake. You are obviously an ass and everything I implied in my original email. Never speak to me again.
hehe


