Ashlee, always make it (your delay in responding) about being "busy." Say things like "Sorry, have been on the run and just now saw this..." or "Sorry, I've been busy and didn't get a chance to get back to you until now"" -- stuff like that.
The idea is to come across as BUSY and somewhat MYSTERIOUS -- not to come across as a petulant a-hole who's simply not responding as some sort of tit-for-tat.
Puppy, who's hoping that the new profanity filters don't bleep out "tit"
