Reply to problem relative and work email question

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "problem relative and work email question"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]A few years ago, I cut back contact with a relative who's been inappropriate for all the time I've known her (public scenes, belligerence, manipulations, etc.) to short emails once or twice a year. Her communications have been inappropriate, but I've overlooked that until the last one around the Christmas holidays, which was so manipulative and rude that I decided I wouldn't respond to any more emails.

She emailed me a few weeks ago, and I ignored that. She's just tracked me down through my new employer and sent a message to me via my work email. Clearly, she's angry I ignored her last email.

Before I initially dialed back contact, my relative hinted she thought it would be fun to contact my previous employer directly, presumably for the purpose of embarrassing me, so that's what's on my mind as I consider how to handle this in a way to prevent things from getting out of control. My relative's not very rational, and her email indicated she's been tracking my career.

She's expressed a lot of anger about the way my career is developing, and she's already invested a great deal of energy toward undermining me (hence the decision to reduce contact).

Suggestions on ways to defuse the situation?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics