The Email

I RECEIVED A DISTURBING EMAIL YESTERDAY, ONE FROM STEPHEN. IT WAS NOT LIKE THE REST OF HIS EMAILS, OR EVEN HIS PHONE CALLS. IT WAS ANGRY AND BITTER IN TONE AND DIALECT; BLAMING ME FOR HIS APPARENT “SUFFERING”. AFTER READING THE EMAIL TWICE OVER, AND DISCOVERING THAT HE WAS NOW BLAMING ME FOR HIS DISHONESTY, HIS UNHAPPINESS, I WAS NOT AS MAD AS MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I DIDN’T EVEN FEEL MY HEART RACE AS I READ THE WORDS, “I AM CHANGING MY PHONE NUMBER ONCE AGAIN SO I WILL RECEIVE NO MORE CALLS FROM YOU. I WANT YOU TO BE AN EX…A DISTANT MEMORY.”

SO I WROTE HIM AN EMAIL BACK:

“SO MOVE ON YOU FRICKIN PRICK. I’M NOT THE ONE HOLDING YOU BACK. YOU’VE ALWAYS HELD YOURSELF BACK. IF YOU WANTED ME TO GO AWAY ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS SAY IT. BUT INSTEAD, YOU CALLED AND WANTED TO GO TO LUNCH, AND MADE ME THINK YOU WANTED A FRIENDSHIP. I’M SO GLAD YOU ARE FINALLY BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELF BUT THAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU ANY LESS OF A PRICK. DON’T WORRY, AFTER I SEND THIS, CONSIDER ME A DISTANT MEMORY.”

AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T SAY EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE, OR BEEN AS MEAN AND RUTHLESS AS I COULD HAVE, I FELT LIKE THIS WAS ENOUGH. I COULD HAVE ELABORATED AND MADE HIM SEEN THAT HE WAS TALKING OUT OF HIS BUTT, BUT I HELD MY TONGUE. I EVEN FOUND IT KIND OF FUNNYTHAT HE WAS SO ANNOYED WITH THE “JUST CHECKIN IN” PHONE CALLS SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS; TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE ON A REGULAR BASIS. IF IT WASN’T FOR THAT RESOLUTION, I PROBABLY WOULDN’T HAVE EVEN CALLED. THAT WILL TEACH ME TO MAKE SILLY RESOLUTIONS. HAHA!