01-28-2004, 07:55 PM
This is a current and will hopefully be a nasty and continuing saga in my real life. I'll keep you posted as it unfolds. Damn I'm such a clever prick.
Email War!!
To: Dad's girlfriend
From: me
Hello GF,
I believe we need to set some things straight. Our IM convo yesterday disturbed me and quite frankly pissed me off a great deal. So I've chosen to speak my mind in email and a day later, to allow myself to cool off, handle this situation rationally, and potentially salvage a civil relationship between you and me. I am not one to mince words, so here it is.
The issue concerns my father's birthday and my failure to have remembered it. Firstly, I don't care about birthdays. They are dates on a calendar. Period. Secondly, you seemed to imply that the fact that I could care less about birthdays speaks to how I feel about my father. Well that's bullshit and a very ignorant and childish assertion. My relationship with my father is my business. My mother's and sister's relationship with my father is their business. Your relationship with him is yours. End of story.
I know you have had to deal with a lot of bullshit due to my father's involvement with my side of the family. It is a shame, but you don't know ANYTHING other than what you hear SECOND HAND from my father. There is no "right" side. You are on my father's side. That's fine. You are looking out for my father's interests and I respect and appreciate that. The drama between them is an ugly situation and it's unfortunate you have to deal with my father's risidual frustrations. But for you to make any kind of value judgements about me, my sister or my mother makes you look both spiteful and, frankly, dumb.
I hope I'm wrong about all of this and I just merely misunderstood you yesterday. I've said it before and I mean it when I say now that I genuinely like you. You have a generous heart and cook really really good. But I have a miriad of stressful relationships between my mother, my sister, and my grandmother to deal with and I haven't the room or patience for another. Please don't IM me with a chip on your shoulder, to lay guilt trips or probe for information about matters that don't concern either of us. My father and I have come a LONG way the past year and I feel we are slowly building a strong bond. Please don't become adversarial with me. If you think less of me for whatever reason, then just don't speak to me. But if you insist on having an argument, things will get ugly and my father will know about it. This is stress that all of us, I'm sure, can do without. Have a good day and again I appologize if I have misunderstood you.
Me.
Response:
I am extremely disappointed in your comments to me and do not feel they are appropriate. You interpreted my note about the birthday totally as you saw fit. I was simply planning a small event for his birthday. Feel free to tell your Dad whatever you like as I am not threatened in any way by you or anything you choose to say. I too, will relate my position on it at that point to him.
It is with regret that you feel the way you do as I have, over the years welcomed both you and your sister into our lives and homes and encouraged your dad to see you both. I don't believe I only see one side of the story. Contrary to your comments about me being dumb, childish, ignorant and spiteful I find that real offensive and disrespectful and I assure you I am well aware of the whole picture from you and am definately not ignorant by any means. Any comments I have made regarding your other family members were solicited by your comments about them to me.
If you don't want a friendship with me and cannot have respect for me then that is your decision.
I am real sorry you feel the way you do but, my feelings for you have always been a supportive role and genuine, positive, caring one. If that offends you then I apologize for that. No guilt trips or probing intended. If you took it that way, then that is your interpretation of it not mine and you made it into a guilt trip. I don't feel any more or less of you for not acknowledging it and never indicated I did. I chose to acknowledge his birthday period just like you chose not to.
I respect your opinion, as to having the right to one end of story. I am not interested in arguing with you about anything and still maintain that my intentions are and were only good ones.
You have made your points and so have I here. It is best that we just honor each others feelings and move on from there. I accept your apology for misunderstanding me but, I would appreciate a change in the choice of words regarding me in the future. I have never portrayed you as dumb, ignorant and spiteful. A kinder, gentler tone would be great if you are going to continue to communicate with me.
I think the bitch cried. LOL
Email War!!
To: Dad's girlfriend
From: me
Hello GF,
I believe we need to set some things straight. Our IM convo yesterday disturbed me and quite frankly pissed me off a great deal. So I've chosen to speak my mind in email and a day later, to allow myself to cool off, handle this situation rationally, and potentially salvage a civil relationship between you and me. I am not one to mince words, so here it is.
The issue concerns my father's birthday and my failure to have remembered it. Firstly, I don't care about birthdays. They are dates on a calendar. Period. Secondly, you seemed to imply that the fact that I could care less about birthdays speaks to how I feel about my father. Well that's bullshit and a very ignorant and childish assertion. My relationship with my father is my business. My mother's and sister's relationship with my father is their business. Your relationship with him is yours. End of story.
I know you have had to deal with a lot of bullshit due to my father's involvement with my side of the family. It is a shame, but you don't know ANYTHING other than what you hear SECOND HAND from my father. There is no "right" side. You are on my father's side. That's fine. You are looking out for my father's interests and I respect and appreciate that. The drama between them is an ugly situation and it's unfortunate you have to deal with my father's risidual frustrations. But for you to make any kind of value judgements about me, my sister or my mother makes you look both spiteful and, frankly, dumb.
I hope I'm wrong about all of this and I just merely misunderstood you yesterday. I've said it before and I mean it when I say now that I genuinely like you. You have a generous heart and cook really really good. But I have a miriad of stressful relationships between my mother, my sister, and my grandmother to deal with and I haven't the room or patience for another. Please don't IM me with a chip on your shoulder, to lay guilt trips or probe for information about matters that don't concern either of us. My father and I have come a LONG way the past year and I feel we are slowly building a strong bond. Please don't become adversarial with me. If you think less of me for whatever reason, then just don't speak to me. But if you insist on having an argument, things will get ugly and my father will know about it. This is stress that all of us, I'm sure, can do without. Have a good day and again I appologize if I have misunderstood you.
Me.
Response:
I am extremely disappointed in your comments to me and do not feel they are appropriate. You interpreted my note about the birthday totally as you saw fit. I was simply planning a small event for his birthday. Feel free to tell your Dad whatever you like as I am not threatened in any way by you or anything you choose to say. I too, will relate my position on it at that point to him.
It is with regret that you feel the way you do as I have, over the years welcomed both you and your sister into our lives and homes and encouraged your dad to see you both. I don't believe I only see one side of the story. Contrary to your comments about me being dumb, childish, ignorant and spiteful I find that real offensive and disrespectful and I assure you I am well aware of the whole picture from you and am definately not ignorant by any means. Any comments I have made regarding your other family members were solicited by your comments about them to me.
If you don't want a friendship with me and cannot have respect for me then that is your decision.
I am real sorry you feel the way you do but, my feelings for you have always been a supportive role and genuine, positive, caring one. If that offends you then I apologize for that. No guilt trips or probing intended. If you took it that way, then that is your interpretation of it not mine and you made it into a guilt trip. I don't feel any more or less of you for not acknowledging it and never indicated I did. I chose to acknowledge his birthday period just like you chose not to.
I respect your opinion, as to having the right to one end of story. I am not interested in arguing with you about anything and still maintain that my intentions are and were only good ones.
You have made your points and so have I here. It is best that we just honor each others feelings and move on from there. I accept your apology for misunderstanding me but, I would appreciate a change in the choice of words regarding me in the future. I have never portrayed you as dumb, ignorant and spiteful. A kinder, gentler tone would be great if you are going to continue to communicate with me.
I think the bitch cried. LOL
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