I know that it’s a very stupid thing to worry about, but I’ve kind of stepped back from answering emails since my mother ended up in palliative care and with everything that happened after that. And now people are writing to me, asking if I received their email and why I’m not answering. Of course, I could respond with, “I’m sorry for the late response, but my mother died,” but that sounds very passive-aggressive. So I don’t give any explanation and probably look like an entitled jerk. Which I normally am, but not in this specific situation.
I’ve been feeling not very sociable, and that is in addition to my baseline of already not being very sociable. I forced myself today to answer one phone call and two very belated emails, and I’m already wiped out.
Leave a Reply