Special delivery… Nastygram!

A couple of days ago I got a nastygram from a girl I went to high school with. I was not friends with this girl but knew her by sight and reputation, and have thought about her maybe twice since graduation sixteen years ago. I mentioned in a blog post several years ago that she popped up in a dream I had, in which she and her friends were rude and ignored me the same way that they did in high school.

Anyway, this woman apparently Googled herself, found that blog post, and sent me a defensive and nastily insulting email, which made it clear to me that she recognized truths about herself in that dream. She gave me a mini-life story and said that she’s changed since the 1980s.

If this is the case, I’m happy for her, in the same way that I would be happy for any complete stranger who has worked to become a better person.

But I’m not sure why it mattered enough to her that she was compelled to write and insult a complete stranger for an opinion formed half a lifetime ago and long forgotten. Doc thinks that she just doesn’t want anyone to dislike her, which I can understand, but sending the type of missive that she sent me isn’t particularly going to help change my mind.