Dec. 10, 2003: Etiquette matters

OK, confession time—I just sent Mike an email. Not because I'm trying to force anything there; I just don't want to be rude, and it would be rude not to thank him after he picked up the check. My message was brief and didn't even refer to getting together again:

"Hi, Mike--Just wanted to drop a quick note and thank you for Saturday evening. I'm usually much more prompt about these things, but it's been a crazy week.

Hope you managed to have some fun in Green Bay!

Barb"

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No response from Mike. No surprise.

I also should 'fess up to firing off an email to Tim last night, after I returned from my audition with Joe. I captioned it "Thanks" and wrote:

"Dinner last night was great. Oh, wait--you never called.

Just so you know, meeting someone online doesn't excuse you from common courtesy. If you change your mind about getting together with someone, you owe it to them to let them know, even if you lie about why. There's noexcuse for leaving someone hanging."

I felt good about sending it last night, with a few glasses of wine coursing through my veins, and I feel good about it today, with nothing but coffee, diet Coke, and water sloshing about in me.