The last week has been very mixed. A lovely weekend when Dot visited, but downhill from then! On Monday I received the first of a string of e mails from my half sister. The first being accusational, I somehow have turned into the Villain of the piece! What prompted this was that I was unable to accept an invitation for Steve and I to go over to dinner! The explanation that I had given was seen as prevaricating and that Steve didn't want to go. In part true, Steve is reluctant, but the reason I gave of Steve doing more travelling and that weekdays weren't easy to predict where he would be was absolutely true. The e mails have passed between since Tuesday, I have tried to be understanding, to apologise for any hurt that may been caused, but every mail I have received has been more and more confrontational. I haven't replied to the last yet. I talked to Ian about it, he gives wise counsel, I have only briefly mentioned it to Steve without going into detail or showing him the correspondence, he is suffer ring with a bad back, had an A/F episode and has the consultants appointment tomorrow. I don't want to cause him any unnecessary stress!
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Oh dear, oh dear! I really don't know what to say Karen, you have no reason to apologise, you have told her you are sorry if she feels hurt. It's not your fault and you're not responsible for her feelings.
If it were me, I'd try to keep it neutral, reiterate that I had no intention of upsetting her, but that my reasons for being unable to go to dinner were genuine, then just let it lie. Hopefully at some point she'll cool off.
I do think you're right not to burden Steve with the details, you're not keeping anything from him since you've mentioned it to him.
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