[Magdalen] Texting?

[Marion Thompson]

This brings back memories of the fact that my ex would email me to tell 
me things like his daughter coming to stay (always a delight) or that he 
would be away for something, all when I was in the next room.  "What we 
have here is a failure to communicate." I guess that's what happens when 
two nonconfrontational people can't talk.  The little things pile up and 
become big things.

Anything worth saying at all is worth saying face-to-face.  I hope that 
Wilfred and your housekeeper can open the lines of communication.  Texts 
and emails are definitely not the better way to settle the problems.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 7/20/2016 1:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> My other half and our housekeeper of six years are currently at odds.
> Essentially the entire matter has been handled via texting which goes  on
> much of the day, and even, at times, into the night.
>   
> Wilfred has been so angry that he has talked to me about firing her,
> but that extreme act as solution to the problems has not (yet)  occurred.
>   
> I would dislike firing her since she knows us so well, and would be
> hard to replace.
>   
> I try to stay out of this as much as possible, but I have convinced  Wilfred
> to let it be for awhile until his anger subsides.  I also feel that a
> face-to-face
> meeting is much preferable to this endless texting.  We have reached  the
> point where texting is normal for just about anything, but I think there  is
> much that is not expressed well in print.
>   
> It's a struggle.  Stay tuned for further chapters.
>   
>   
>   
> David S.
>