Too dumb a question for GQ.
Here’s the story: An old family friend suffers from a mental illness. Sometimes we get communications like: “I hate you! I hate you! Leave me alone forever!” 98% of the time that happened because she got a little lax taking her meds. But no harm, no foul, we know the difference between the real her and the illness.
She lives out of town, and she moves around a lot because her illness makes her a bit “restless”. She’s got a Myspace page and that’s usually how she keeps in touch with family and really old friends, granted she does so very intermittently.
A couple of months ago, my sister got one of those “I hate you! Drop dead! Never speak to me again!” correspondences. My sister is really good with those tantrums and handles them with aplomb, and sent a gracious response along the lines of “I’m sorry you’re upset.” Never heard back and assumed her Myspace ID was been blocked during the meltdown or that she’s still sulking.
About a month later my sister got an apologetic Myspace message and was asked if her cell number was the same, because our old family friend wanted to call her. My sister replied “Yes, the number is stil XXX-XXXX”. But hasn’t heard from her since.
My sister is worried our friend still has my sister’s ID blocked and never got the reply (she doesn’t always remember some of the stuff she has done in the heat of a meltdown). If she has forgotten to unblock my sister’s ID, she may think my sister’s “silence” means she’s angry.
Would she be able to send my sister a message, if she still has my sister’s ID blocked?
(Note: I’ve messaged her as well and have had no response either. So it’s probably just that she is just procrastinating with her correspondence again. She’s still in touch with her family, so no one is worried about her safety or anything.)