I was on a message board and this chick pasted an email she received from her mom about a pretty serious topic and I must say, I felt her mom's words should have been spoken over the phone at the very least if not in person. My aunt "asked" me to move out of her house a few years ago via email. It hurt me that she didn't just come out and say it. And I am guilty of emailing as well as I recently emailed a note to my bf about something pretty serious..... Is it perfectly acceptable to send an email than to speak our hearts/minds? Or have we just become too chickensh!t to actually face the people we care about?
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I think e-mail is good because I have the time to carefully consider exactly what I want to say and word it in the way I want it to be worded.  If I am having a face-to-face or phone conversation, once the words are out, they can't be changed.\n\nIn addition, an e-mail allows me to get my side out before the other person has a chance to respond.  This is less threatening, and I would feel that I was heard completely without the chance of interruption.
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Tom, I suspect that email is still the preferred method of online communication by most.  We have used other methods as our web design company is obviously concerned with such things, but what we've found is that regardless of technical advantages and disadvantages of any methodology, common usage rules the game and basically everyone who has a computer also has an email address.\n\nBest wishes!\n\nDaniel\nhttp://www.ipowergrfx.com
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I don't IM, & yes, sometimes I feel a little "out of the loop," but I prefer good  "old-fashioned" e-mail. #1, it gives me (& my brain) time to organize & give good, thoughtful responces. #2, it gives the people that I write to the opportunity to think about what I'm saying (which is often necessary).\nI don't IM or text, but I don't care (most of the time). I have FAR more important things to worry about! It's all a matter of opinion! :-)
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Only you can decide the level of sensitivity for your communication. Personally, I do not use email for credit card numbers and similar, but pretty much everything else.
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Ok, while the first email was bad and rude, deliberately provoking someone is just as bad. S/he doesn't want to know your religion! S/he doesn't care! Don't keep a dialog opened with him/her. It is rude to answer because they don't want to hear about your religion. It's like if you told a Christian, "I don't want to hear about Christianity" and they sent you scripture as a response.
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A miniapolis couple decided to go to get away from the cold winter.they were going to stay in the same hotel as their honeymoon 2 because of certain difficulties the husband flew on the friday while the wife was following on the next day. \n \nthe husband checked in to the hotel and found they now had computers unlike 20 years ago. he decided to send his wife a email, however he accidently left out one alphabet in the address when sending.\n \nmeanwhile some where in huston a widow had just returned home from her husbands funeral. he was a minister who had just returnd home to glory after suffering a heart atack. \nthe widow decided to check her emails expecting messages from friends and family.\nafter reading the first message she screamed and fainted. her son came in and saw the email\n \nto my loving wife\ndate friday october 05 \nsubject: i have arrived\n \ndearest love\n \ni know you are surprised to hear from me.\nthey have computers hear now and you are alowed to send email to loved ones.\ni have just cheked in, i see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorow, and look forward to seeing you then. \nhope your jurney is as uneventfull as mine was.\n \n \nps: sure is freaking hot down hear
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OK what is up with this heart attack stuff..My husband and now your mom. \nShe will be in my prayers. Keep us posted about her updates. Take your laptop and keep in touch.\nI had a very hard time and still am dealing with it all. I come here to escape it all..I took my lap top in one day in his room and the Doctor asked me  have you heard of that Yahoo Q&A and I said yes and I showed him this one and he said there is this one babe from and he stopped and said no way...And I said yes..Funny small world................So you wanted new.........\n\nI  have  official made the commitment to take my road trip. I just emailed my family and told them that I was going and if they were not going to support me on this one OWell things happen..\nIt just hit me I need to do this regardless of life and what is going on. LOL for me
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You're joking, right? Tell your "niece" to stop using IM or learn to deal with it. You want Big Brother to step in and take away the rest of life's painful stuff while they're "dealing" with Great_Rocker592?\n\nMy word people are annoying in their sensitivities.
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If I were single and I received that email form a girl I was not interested in I would ignore her to avoid an uncomfortable situation. The sad truth is he is not interested. Sorry to break your heart.
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Hey buddy. I read your reply to my question. Can you email me. I want to ask you something. Just one thing.\n\nI see you don't allow emails. So can you email me.\n\nI say celebrate it with your family. I have a lot of friends but on birthdays, I am at home. There is noone to match your parents.\n\nI believe heaven for me is in my mother's heels.
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oh this is a very good sign!  it doesn't take any courage at all to email someone back and fourth, it's too easy i think!  but to make that move and go face to face, now that takes guts!  and i really doubt that means she is sick of getting email.  I think it is quite the opposite, i think she is ready to get to know the face and body, not just the words.  sounds like a testimony of love my friend!   i hope it just gets better from here, good luck!!!
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Awwww, I feel so bad for you.  I think you send her a heartfelt email and tell her how you feel.  Although I'm pretty sure she knows this but tell her the same things you told us.  Tell her that you have no friends, you have no one to talk to, you confided in her and now she will not speak or respond to you, tell her you miss her and that she's like a big sister to you.  Tell her how much she has made a difference in your life.  I'm pretty sure this should get her attention.  Don't be rude to her, that's probably the reason why she's distanced herself from you in the first place.  My guess is that you've done it before.  Tell her that you are not giving up on her or the friendship and keep trying your best to reach her.  Be honest.  Tell her exactly how you feel.  Hopefully I was able to capture your feelings because it was obvious to me that you really care for her and really miss her.  And if that's the case, she needs to know.
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Well, there was this Yahoo Answers user who was being really mean to me, my sisters and my YA friends, she'd been emailing us, but when I mentioned it to a certain person, her emails stopped! Coincidence? Maybe. Oh, and there was the time my sisters put a hex on someone, that was fun!
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I am glad now after reading your question that i do not have my email available for messages like this.  Who would open their email address to receive horrible emails from people who dont agree with our opinions?  \n\nPhew!  I feel relieved!\n\nAlso i am so glad i have become a christian and am learning how we are meant to love one another, not judge or criticise, forgive, etc.\n\nAlso how do you know that we are all posers?  Some of us are real christians too!  We really want this world to be a better place and i know i personally care heaps about people - people i dont even know on this yahoo answers site.  So try not to be angry and bitter at us when we are only doing what we think is right and trying to help others.\n\nAnd remember - we can all have our opinions.  We dont have to agree.  It is interesting and sometimes informative to listen to others opinions.  I have learnt heaps from it.\n\nGod bless
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Shae, I am really sorry for your situation. I also read your profile and there is no reason that I can see for your sisters  attitude, and yes we do try to treat others how we would want to be treated. However we are not perfect, we make mistakes like everybody else.  I really feel that you need to let your sister know how you feel and how this is effecting you, and that you would like to have her in your life.  Sometimes writing a letter  is beneficial because it enables you to really reflect on your feelings  and express yourself more thoroughly.  Perhaps once everything is out on the table, then any differences can be resolved.
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why u emailed her....i think it was better if u call her or met her and tell her what in ur heart is...but if she doesnt wanna see u or she doesnt like to hear ur voice then its better to keep it as a story of ur life and forget her
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my brother was over seas for a while, and i barely ever heard from him. it is hard for them to get to the phone, etc, they are so busy and focused on what they are doing. i would keep it up, you probably dont realize your emails are making his day. i would think you should keep it up.