10 Months Later... XW Wants To Talk About Us?

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I like Starsky's pitched reply. A lot.

I'm as hard-lined as the next guy so I may be missing something here, based on my reading of some of the other responses.

Maybe I'm a bleeding heart or an eternal optimist. Maybe I'm just "a girl." But if there's a chance that a M will be reconciled - especially if there's been little-to-no physical contact for months, as in HP's case, and HP is detached (as he obviously is) - I don't see a thing wrong with cracking the door open as long as it's a response and not initiated. Just a crack.

I think there's good cause to be cynical, of course. But to just not respond to an email like that - or to be pis$y in a response - seems, well, frankly, cruel and vindictive. And careless.

Maybe it's because I'm not reading too deeply into her letter to discover hidden meanings and agendas? Because it seems to me, as I think it was Toots who said, she pretty much laid her heart out there. Okay so a half-cocked heart. She clearly isn't making a commitment. But she has to start *somewhere*. Why not be humane and respond?

Again, I really REALLY like what Starsky pitched.