The start of my happiness.

[Zues126]

I agree with CaliGuy's post, but I do think this was an ok exchange.

She was bombarding you with her day. Your response was fine. Any more than that would be too much. What is nice is that you are setting some new boundaries, your response is essentially saying 'not my monkey'. It's not like she's going to keep dumping on you daily if that's all you responded. If she does you can tone it down further, but my guess is that she'll stop, or she'll call you out (why are you acting so cold?), in which case you can either not respond or just tell her you don't have the same relationship you used to and leave it at that. Bottom line, this wasn't across the line given the situation and timing.

Then the kid with frostbite...yes, it's absolutely fine to respond and talk about it. You should. It's not like she's freezing her kids in the cold to manipulate you. She was nervous and I'm glad she can talk to you about the kids. This is a one off, I doubt it will come up again anytime soon.

End of the day, not bad given the timing and the frostbite. Stick to this idea and be prepared for the texting to die down as she understands you're not her best buddy anymore.