LOL Wonka, I always did have the gift of gab! Absolutely like your Spock analogy. At least I can say I tried something different.
Job and BM, when I read Job's response about it taking a lot of effort to get me card, I couldn't help but have this image in my head of him lying on the couch exhausted from the super challenging task of getting me a card! Too funny!
A few of my friends also have BDs this week. We try to get together in the middle of them all to celebrate. Last night we got together. I wish you ladies could be there - tons of wine, tons of gossip and tons of "complaining"....did I mention the wine? My stomach is still sore from laughing so hard.
When seen from the haze of alcohol, I was able to put this situation back in perspective and see it for what it is. And I discovered that while slightly disappointed that I received no response at all, I am more than slightly p!ssed. At me for being sentimental (which is soooo not me) and at him for wasting my breakthrough! I can't remember the conversation that surrounded this but my friends told me I was better off speaking to a tree. LOL, I guess you had to be there! They cannot believe that he is still contacting me and calling us "friends". Laughter is truly good for the soul.
Job, I wish I could have had your quote of "postcard from Pluto" handy but I am not sure I would have been able to get my tongue around that one
Know what I like about now as compared to a year and a half ago? Bounce back time is much quicker. And I can laugh about things.