I’m torn between telling you that you are being used, which presumably you already know, and your writing is a form of “using them back”, and frank admiration for your persistence. I too lost a cash box, filled mostly with quarters, to, possibly, a caregiver who was in my apartment to assist me through a bout of illness. I mentally accused the wrong person and only realized my mistake when the real culprit was found using my bank card. She left the state but can “never return” for fear of being arrested. I forgave her and learned from that incident that desperate people are everywhere and they do desperate things…I try to protect myself from outright theft, but still give out $20 bills whenever I’m downtown. I’m not sure that you really mean it when you say you will never again talk to Melissa et al. But I also doubt they will truly “care” if you do not. Best wishes to you in any event. I really look forward to reading these writings.
Thanks. I've already started writing about them again. I don't think I'm "using them back" so to speak except in the sense that they are teaching me a lot. Whether they "care" about me or not is an open question that I'll write about. I'm definitely not their #1 priority! But I think that, to some extent, they appreciate me for at least a little more than the money. Thanks again for writing.
I’m torn between telling you that you are being used, which presumably you already know, and your writing is a form of “using them back”, and frank admiration for your persistence. I too lost a cash box, filled mostly with quarters, to, possibly, a caregiver who was in my apartment to assist me through a bout of illness. I mentally accused the wrong person and only realized my mistake when the real culprit was found using my bank card. She left the state but can “never return” for fear of being arrested. I forgave her and learned from that incident that desperate people are everywhere and they do desperate things…I try to protect myself from outright theft, but still give out $20 bills whenever I’m downtown. I’m not sure that you really mean it when you say you will never again talk to Melissa et al. But I also doubt they will truly “care” if you do not. Best wishes to you in any event. I really look forward to reading these writings.
Thanks. I've already started writing about them again. I don't think I'm "using them back" so to speak except in the sense that they are teaching me a lot. Whether they "care" about me or not is an open question that I'll write about. I'm definitely not their #1 priority! But I think that, to some extent, they appreciate me for at least a little more than the money. Thanks again for writing.