Finding my way - part 3

[Meghan]

And, I literally just got an IM. H. asking if I'm here. He tells me he's moved his ticket and is staying until Monday because family stuff came up. Many long explanations of only seeing his mom a few times and family not being around and on and on.

All I said was that it sounds like fun for him to stay and that it sounded like he hasn't seen his family together much at all. I guess that was validating. I said far less than he did - just made a few comments about him not seeing his sister, who he doesn't like.

Honestly, part of me wants to try to get into his email. I sincerely doubt he changed his ticket only 12 hours before he was supposed to leave, which would mean he was putting off telling me. And IMing me at 10:45 the night before feels really not cool, and possibly like he was actually trying to avoid me by getting in touch when I might not be at the computer.

I guess I don't know what any of this means, but it feels like a blow, both because he's staying and because of the way he's handled it. I can't imagine he didn't know it would upset me, and it feels like an intentionally hurtful thing to leave it so late to tell me.