I just came back from going to see my son, and brought a letter that was from my middle daughter's school offering bad news about her grades.
Wife and I talked for a few minutes. We're both sick, and I showed some sympathy towards her for that (no reciprocation, of course). I asked if I could come by to read books to my son a bit later and she said ok. We talked a bit about our daughter's grades. Then I left with a quick 'bye', without lingering, a somewhat uncharacteristic bit of behavior on my part.
If this were last week, I would have tried to engage her more in conversation, ask her what she was up to (in a friendly way...I miss our talks about daily stuff), gone into more detail about our daughter's grades or would have asked her what she was planning on doing about them. I may of asked her what plans she had for the evening and would have found some reason to elongate our interactions.
A question for the vets: am I doing this right?
Yes, you handled it well.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!
