Ooooof. I reached out to a friendly acquaintance who'd been having a tough time with a Thing a few months ago, saying I was just thinking about him and was wondering how he was doing, and got back a "thanks. Don't hit me up."
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Replying to @kendrictonn
what does that even mean? Serious question? Does he think you're trying to scam him? Hit on him? What?
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Replying to @MorlockP
I have zero idea, I wondered the same thing. His phrasing did almost make it seem like, you know, I texted "hey u up?" at 2 am.
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Replying to @kendrictonn
I had a very good friend of 25 years who stopped returning my phone calls and emails ~4 years ago, with zero explanation. About once a year I get an email from her address, get excited... and every time it's a virus or bot . People are inscrutable.
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Replying to @MorlockP
Ooof, I'm so sorry about that, too. A much older friendship than the one here, and that's rough. You'd think people would try to scrute at least a little bit.
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Replying to @TheAgeofShoddy @kendrictonn
Yeah, I didn't worry that it was me. In this one particular case, she and I had dated, briefly, freshman yr of college (1988), she dumped me, and then went on to get married and divorced twice. Last we hung out, ~5 yrs ago, she visited the farm, met my wife >>>
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and said in a very odd tone of voice "I'm so happy for you!", as if there was some deep sadness beneath. One possible story I've told myself is that while she never wanted to get back w me, she had my former interest in her back pocket as some sort of yard stick, and >>>
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I think this is quite plausible. In her 20s and 30s I got the feeling that she looked down on me for my boring software cube jobs. 50 hrs/week, year in and year out. While she was backpacking, being a mayfly, travelling. And now we're both c. 50 yo and I live in >>>
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Replying to @MorlockP @Jestocost3 and
a huge house, amidst the nature that she loves (bio undergrad + grad school). She had fun for decades ... and now is 15 years away from (NOMINAL) retirement, has nothing, and lives in a dense area with no resources.
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