"I understand. This is something that I would prefer to be handled on the phone, not via email."
But what do I gain by this, apart from getting him upset? He doesn't want to talk on the phone to me. Please keep the suggestions coming, I am trying to decide on something here.
Also, would it be bad to hold off on answering till tomorrow? He's gone to sleep now and if I answer tomorrow morning, it will be after work for him. I don't know why I thinking of it, just maybe giving him a chance for his request to sink in and that he will think about it while waiting for me to answer? Or am I just fooling myself here?
Accept that there is only one thing you can change in life and that is you
