who sent me an email asking me to stop emailing her!
Bit of background...kmown her for about 10 years, professionally at first. Not THAT close friends but reasonably so. See her only ever few months but used to chat regularly and email.
We both work freelance from home. She has ME but is recovering. However she still has to be careful and can't work full time or outside the home.
I was recently looking for employment, and was emailing her almost a daily blog on what I'd found ( we are in the same line of work) and I tried to call her a few times but she didn't answer.
Over the past year she has stepped back and put various constraints on when she can talk to me- not during the day as she is too busy, not at night as she is too tired.
Then a day or so back she emailed me- chatty at first- then dropped the bombshell- asking me please to stop emailing her as she could not support me in my search for work and my emails were a cause of stress. She said we could continue to see each other or chat when she took holiday.
I was really shocked. I admit I have been needy, and possibly overstepped the mark, but I think it would have been better if she had simply ignored my emails and just sent me a chatty one back saying "Really sorry, can't get back to you on these as I'm so busy. Catch up with you when I have time."
I have replied to say sorry and that I fully understand, but I feel she has used a sledge hammer to crack a nut.
AIBU or did she over react?
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to feel a tiny bit miffed over my friend
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ratherupsetfriend · 19/01/2010 09:16
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