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If you sent a personal friend a Card to her place of employmet because you did not have her home address. However, you asked her for it but she never honored your request. Upon receiving the card, she instructed her secretary to send the Card back to you. Her secretary did as instructed with a written explaination. What should be your next course of action?

Submitted: 695 days and 14 hours ago.
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Posted by Ms Chase 695 days and 7 hours ago.

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Hello XXXXXX,

Why wouldn't she give you her address?

How are you aquainted with her?

How old are the two of you?

Why did she send the card back?

Chase

694 days and 7 hours ago.

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Reply to Ms Chase's Post: 1. Why wouldn't she give you her address?
     We were in an intimate relationsip for several years. We shared mutual loyalties, love and respect toward each other and were contemplating matrimony. I am a Methodist pastor, and the Bishop transferred me to a church in another city. She had a good administrative position as Dean of a State University and elected to remain in the city on her job.During my failure to visit and keep in contact with her on a regular basic, she started dating someone else and got married and moved to another State. After being married to this man for nine years, he deceased.
     I found out through a friend where she was employed and telephoned her. She was appalled and unfriendly during the telephoned conversation and did not want to talk. She also dispayed a strong feeling of displeasure or hostility toward me. She refused to give me her home address and telephone number. During this conversation, I did not let her know that I had been informed of her husband's death.

2. How are you acquainted with her?

     I met her at church. I consider her to be a very close friend, I will always adore her and will assist her if she has a need. I owe her my life.

3. How old are the two of you?
     
     She is 38 years old, and I am 45 years old.

4. Why did she send the card back?

     I do think she is anger at me and blame me for our failed relationship. I have asked her to forgive me.

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Hello XXXXXX,

Perhaps when you left it caused her so much hurt that she has turned that hurt into anger and hatred. At this point, you want to be careful that you don't force her to file a restraining order. I would wait a month, and send another letter, not a card. I would explain in the letter how you feel about things and that you hope she will consider having coffee or a drink with you. I wouldn't put a return address, that way she may open it before realizing its from you. It is possible her secretary opens her mail. Either way, wait a couple of weeks and send it. If it comes back, fine, wait a couple of weeks and send another. After a few weeks from now, try calling her again. Keep the call short and say that you were just wanting to see how she was doing. If you know any mutual friends, maybe you can talk to one of them to ask them to put in a good word for you.

She's had a very long time to think about what happened between the two of you, and a very long time to build up resentment and hostility towards you, so its not going to go away overnight, its going to take time.

I welcome your thoughts, let me know if you want to talk more.

Warmly,

Chase

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