Another random email appeared in my inbox. It was an introductory email from Kunal, which provided his basic details and standard information. He had received my email from his mom and I could only assume that it was my mom who had given it to her.
A couple of emails were exchanged, after which, it was clear that he wasn't interested in taking any further steps. So, that was the end of that.
Not so. I started to receive emails from his mom. At first, they were just asking how I was. Then, they started to ask if Kunal and I were still talking and how nice it would be if I would write to him. I tried to be as kind as I could, thanking her for her emails and briefly mentioning that I hadn't heard from Kunal in awhile (trying to hint that it was in fact her son who was not interested, nor writing, not me). Her emails continued. But instead of just 'how are you' emails, they came before special occasions.
"Kunal's birthday is in two days and we are exciting that he'll be home to visit at that time - it would be so nice if he heard from you on his birthday", she wrote. Not wanting to be rude, I ended up dropping Kunal a one-line email, indicating that his mom had let me know it was his birthday (or else how stocker-ish would that have been for me to 'figure out' his birthday?) and politely wishing him the best for the year ahead. I never heard back.
In fact, in all the times that I had written Kunal, at his mom's request, I never heard back once. I'm not surprised, though; he'd made it clear that he wasn't interested in chatting. After subtly mentioning it a few times, he must have spoken to his mom....finally! No more emails from Kunal's mom, time to move on... until I received an email from his sister!!
(thankfully Kunal's sister got the hint more quickly!)
No comments:
Post a Comment