H just told me that he's flying home for the rest of the week because his dad is in the hospital with complications from diabetes. Apparently, it's not serious, but H thinks it's serious enough to fly home, so I'm not sure. Keep his dad in your good thoughts this week, OK?
Thanks.
It is in the shelter of each other that people live.--Irish proverb
Thanks, JWS. H was so weird last night about it. He absolutely did NOT want me to send his dad anything in the hospital--based on reading in between the lines of what he said, I think combination of stress over his dad's health, guilt over me spending money, and guilt that I want to reach out to his family? Of course, he said hurtful, unreasonable things to try to dissuade me, but I was reasonable and validating, and by getting out of his way, he ended up realizing what a huge #%*^ he was being & apologizing later over text. My 'response' was giving in and just sending his dad an e-mail like H wanted and bcc'ing H. H contacted me again to thank me for that. So, it was all good, DB-wise.
H just reminds me of a wounded & disoriented animal, alternately baring his teeth and ???. Thinking of him that way helps me empathize. He's like a po'ed LOL cat:
I'm sorry to hear about h's dad. It sounds like you DBed the situation well and came across in a good light to your h. I would say stay back and follow h's needs/ wishes as you are doing, they get funny around families!
P.S- the pics are great, that site is really funny!
