DenverBachelor Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 I was going through old e-mails and I came across an unopened one from my ex that she sent from work ... oh like a year ago or so. It doesn't surprise me that I never opened it since we would write back and worth while she was at work all the time. What *IS* surprising is that I just got rail-roaded by Microsoft Mail. Every once in a while she would request notification that the user opened the e-mail and ... well guess what? I stepped on a one year old e-mail landmine. Yeah, it sent a confirmation to her work e-mail just now -- and she still works at the same place. I just stepped on an NC landmine. This kind of **** would only ever happen to someone like me. Wow. Who knows what she's going to think. She'll probably think something like, "it took that ******* an entire year to open that e-mail. I'm so glad I left his ass." But wow. Just .... wow.
Author DenverBachelor Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 6 months NC and now this. Unbelievable.
USMCHokie Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 Ummm...wow...talk about stupid sh*t that comes out of nowhere... I wouldn't worry about it. Who gives a crap what she thinks or if/how she reacts.
Author DenverBachelor Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 Ummm...wow...talk about stupid sh*t that comes out of nowhere... I wouldn't worry about it. Who gives a crap what she thinks or if/how she reacts. What really bakes by noodle is that if the restraining order were still in effect, I'd have the cops coming by because of an e-mail she sent a year ago. I couldn't think up stuff this complex if I tried. Life -- stranger than fiction.
Art_Critic Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 Why didn't you just answer no to sending the confirmation ? Either way it sucks.. and just so you know even if you delete those type of emails it will ask you about sending the confirmation when you empty the trash, so deleting unread emails with confirmations on them doesn't even get you out of the woods.. 10-1 she will just think you are going thru your old emails and deleting them.. but one thing is for sure.. you just got her to think about you
Author DenverBachelor Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 Why didn't you just answer no to sending the confirmation ? Because someone from my work used to send every e-mail out with one of those and I believe I changed a setting to "automatically send out confirmation" a long time ago. Oh well. It happens. I hope you're right about her thinking I was cleaning out my e-mails. But she wasn't the pillar of logic when I last spoke with her. I guess I'll go back to NC -- Day 1!
TheLoneSock Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 Who cares dude, for all she knows you're cleaning out your inbox. Just don't make anything of it.
deux ex machina Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 This is a setback. It doesn't negate six months. Hang in there. Don't let it bring you down.
Author DenverBachelor Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 This is a setback. It doesn't negate six months. Hang in there. Don't let it bring you down. I don't really view it as a setback. I really don't give a **** what she thinks but I would have rather not have had that happen. Oh well -- hopefully this will slip under the radar and she won't notice. The last thing I want is her contacting me or, god-forbid, her father calling me up asking me if I'm stalking her again. *rolls eyes*
skydiveaddict Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 I agree w/ Hokie and lonesock, Who cares what she thinks
deux ex machina Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 I don't really view it as a setback. I really don't give a **** what she thinks but I would have rather not have had that happen. Oh well -- hopefully this will slip under the radar and she won't notice. The last thing I want is her contacting me or, god-forbid, her father calling me up asking me if I'm stalking her again. *rolls eyes* I think it will be okay. If that much time has passed I would assume it was a glitch, clean out, or similar. At least this is finished, and won't happen again.
EricaH329 Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 What really bakes by noodle... This is an awesome expression! On topic though, I can totally see something like that happening to me. It's bad enough you found an unread e-mail... even worse that she's going to know about it. That really sucks! I don't know why you would start NC again though? You didn't directly (or intentionally) contact her. An e-mail system sent her a confirmation.
Melrapuo Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 I don't really see it as a set back either. For all she knows, you could've clicked on it trying to remember who sent you that e-mail, and then deleted it almost immediately when you realized it. It might get her wondering, but everyone wonders. It's pretty much nothing. This wouldn't be considered any form of contact, really.
AlwaysConflicted Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 A read receipt on a personal email? That speaks volumes. Maybe she has an outlook rule set up to auto delete emails from your address.
EricaH329 Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 A read receipt on a personal email? That speaks volumes. How so? If I received a confirmation e-mail from something I sent to an ex a year ago, I would probably just assume he was cleaning out his e-mail and found an unread message. I, personally, wouldn't think anything of it.
AlwaysConflicted Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 It speaks volumes about her personality unless her computer is automatically set up for read receipts. If she manually added it to an email it would come off as aggressive or maybe annoying.
EricaH329 Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 It speaks volumes about her personality unless her computer is automatically set up for read receipts. If she manually added it to an email it would come off as aggressive or maybe annoying. Ohhh, ok I understand! Btw - love your sig
Author DenverBachelor Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 It speaks volumes about her personality unless her computer is automatically set up for read receipts. If she manually added it to an email it would come off as aggressive or maybe annoying. It was a work e-mail account and I think it was just by accident. I never really liked those things, anyway (confirmations). Anyhow, it's all good. Just one of life's ironic moments. Maybe not irony -- but it would have been funny if I had gotten an automatic reply back from her. It would be like our two computers broke NC without either person wanting to break NC or actually breaking it.
McGrupp Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 hey old friends. thats story is not a biggy i got u beat. get a missed call from my ex's same area code but a different number. i do a google search and actually pay like a 2.99 fee (dont remeber the site or the exact cost, twas awhile ago) to get a trace on the number becasue a) i wanted to make sure it wasnt her under a guise or B) i was applying to a lot of jobs in that area. it comes up as some random guy actually in the city where i applied (not the ex's city or where her family is from, but same state) so anyway i call it back, it rings and rings and its HER ****ING MOMS MESSAGE MACHINE. and i hang up. great so her mom pocket called me or whatever (cause there was a jumbled message) and then i called back. so know i probably looked like the pyscho...calling her mom. b/c no one ever looks at their sent calls, but they do see their missed calls. nice
AlwaysConflicted Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 McGrupp: Can I just say, reading your story made me laugh out loud. I've been so depressed lately over my breakup but that helped a little. damn psycho...leave her mom alone. hah
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