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Dear Younger Family Member:
I'm proud that you decided to step up and facilitate our gift exchange of about 8 people. However, facilitate isn't a synonym for "manipulate". If you help facilitate and coordinate what's on the list, then the gift exchange should go off without a hitch. That means just forward the list(s) to the appropriate person(s). That doesn't mean modify the list to suit your (or your mom's or dad's) needs. If it did, I would've modified it myself in a selfish move, but that's not how I operate.
So, I politely and professionally asked you about it, and then, I sent a second email 8 days later since you ignored this first one. I can't help knowing you ignored me since you replied to the second email in 7 minutes. That simple reply was hilarious because I know you did not like my direct approach of calling you out in the second email. But if you weren't manipulating, why would you be upset? Bless yo' heart. Trust that I forgive yo' silly head, but I won't participate in another gift exchange just for you to twist it.
I'll see you on Christmas Day, and I'll try not to laugh at you.
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