Constellations turn into little polaroids in a cardboard box.
To those that find it oh so difficult to hit "reply":
Do you prefer that I not e-mail you? I will gladly stop. Honestly, every time I reach out I stop and think, "Hmm, (s)he probably doesn't even want to be reached out to. Maybe I shouldn't." But then I think that it would suck if you actually wanted some sort of contact, and I didn't give that to you.
So I make the effort, and often feel rejected or ignored. Fun. So tell me to stop, and I will.
It's especially hard, since I so often want to feel reached out to, and so seldom do.
Do you prefer that I not e-mail you? I will gladly stop. Honestly, every time I reach out I stop and think, "Hmm, (s)he probably doesn't even want to be reached out to. Maybe I shouldn't." But then I think that it would suck if you actually wanted some sort of contact, and I didn't give that to you.
So I make the effort, and often feel rejected or ignored. Fun. So tell me to stop, and I will.
It's especially hard, since I so often want to feel reached out to, and so seldom do.
posted by P/O at 2/28/2006 05:14:00 PM
4 Comments:
That's me, too. Feeling rejected when I make the effort...
I understand. I'm always obsessive about answering emails for that very reason.
Last night I was wavering on sending one of our fellow bloggers an e-mail and after reading your post I decided to brave the old fear of rejection reflex.
I did receive positive reinforcement in the form of a thoughtful reply (thanks Flip).
Your current post should really go to Ask The Pope - that is his dept.
As you know I'm such a bad e-mail responder. Either you'll get me to respond immediately or constantly or I'll ignore you for a week. But I responded today... so what's up with nothing back?! LOL
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