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[reipan]

To whom it may concern (who doesn't read this journal, but I nevertheless won't name),

Now look. This is the kind of thing that happens all the time. It's an MSN phenomenon, if you will. People do not always reply straight away. This may be for a number of reasons. Maybe (as is usually my case), they have so many windows up that they can't keep track. Maybe they're engrossed in a story or something, or working. Maybe they're not there. Maybe MSN screwed up and the window didn't flash and make the little plinky-plonky noise we all love to hate. Granted, the last one is quite rare - but it happens.

I'm terrible for this. I know. Especially times like now, when I'm updating my journal. I'm focusing on one thing. This does not mean that I care about the other things less. It means I have been distracted. It does not mean I think I am better than you (although how you got my thinking I'm better than you from this is utterly beyond me) or that you're completely worthless to me as a person. People do it to me all the time. It's just one of those things. If I didn't care about you I would ignore you from the moment you said "hi".

Now, I hate to be repetitive, but I feel it necessary to mention that this happens everywhere, all the time, with anyone. You've probably done it (and don't say you always keep up the conversation, no one's infallible. I am more fallible than most, I admit, but that doesn't make the rest of the world perfect) and other people probably do it to you. In fact, I know you and one other person, and they are the only ones who have ever taken it personally. This is petty. And I'm sorry if you've decided I don't think you're worth talking to because of it, but if you're going to persist in getting offended about it then there's obviously nothing I can do.

Enjoy your half term.

~Rei