Should I send an email to friends? along the lines of: I got the paper. I saw the story. Would have been nice for someone to warn me about it!
I wouldn't unless I knew what good this would accomplish.
Originally Posted By: avermont
insert string of explicatives again--but wept in stunned horror, not anger.christ, never anger. Just profound regret and sorrow.
Why not (never) anger?
Originally Posted By: avermont
"Most excellent wonderful human being X has dumped his partner and is moving out of town!"
I can appreciate your shock. But what's humiliating? Not being facetious, here: explain. Let it out. From what you've quoted here, the paper does not tell "your" story -or even "the" story. Deep breaths. Glass of wine, maybe. Talk to your closest in-town friend tomorrow. Don't say much. Get her take. My bet it's empathy and curiosity. Still, it sucks.
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac
