Did my SIL overreact?

[Anonymous]

OP, it's not that you fucked up and didn't respond. Everyone does that. If you had posted on here and titled your post "Am I a terrible person for taking a week to respond to two emails" of course we would have reassured you.

It's that you posted that your sister in law somehow pissed you off when she sent the email worrying that she offended you. That somehow she was in the wrong for having been worried and sent THAT email. Get it? That took the cake.

[Anonymous]

Well then I was unclear because I never said I was pissed off that she sent me a text asking if I was offended I said I was surprised! Clearly I should have titled the thread differently but it's not that I was angry. I was wondering if this happened to other people; a person who usually responds in normal time doesn't respond to two email/texts for week and would you really think they were offended. It did seem a little touchy to me...but based on the responses here I see that probably it wasn't. Also tho the holier than though response...led to my doubts that no one else has ever not responded to an email or two...is it really that unusual in this day and age of total email overload to
Sometimes let things go? Whatever, I'm over it!

[Anonymous]

When someone texts me or calls me to ask me a specific thing (such as the shoes) I always respond when I get the text. It takes two seconds. If someone calls just to chit chat, I respond within at least 2 days. I think it is incredibly rude otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well then I was unclear because I never said I was pissed off that she sent me a text asking if I was offended I said I was surprised! Clearly I should have titled the thread differently but it's not that I was angry. I was wondering if this happened to other people; a person who usually responds in normal time doesn't respond to two email/texts for week and would you really think they were offended. It did seem a little touchy to me...but based on the responses here I see that probably it wasn't. Also tho the holier than though response...led to my doubts that no one else has ever not responded to an email or two...is it really that unusual in this day and age of total email overload to
Sometimes let things go? Whatever, I'm over it!

What you seem to want is for all of us to pass judgment on her behavior in a negative way...while withholding any negative judgment on your behavior. Hmmm.

[Anonymous]

Listen, OP has owned up to her mistake and said she'll do better next time. No reason to pile on! Go find a thread with some unrepentant troll and squash them for us, okay?

[Anonymous]

It takes a second to respond to a text. How long has SIL been part of your family? She may still be seeking reassurance of your relationships.

[Anonymous]

I think you don't like your SIL for other reasons, and it colors your relationship

[Anonymous]

OP, did you thank your SIL for hosting you once you returned home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you don't like your SIL for other reasons, and it colors your relationship

Yeah, I noticed that further up OP specifically asked if DCUMers usually return texts FROM INLAWS immediately.

I think there's more here than just a busy little OP bee.

[Anonymous]

I think you were rude, whether intentionally or not, and she did not overreact, I'd wonder the same.

[Anonymous]

SO are you getting your shoes back?