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Delta Airlines, forgetting the past, games people play, hang up phone calls, hung up phone calls, looking to the future, name from the past, playing games, Silver Medallion Status
After a couple of days of silence, my phone now rings once a day. No, it is not Prince Charming. The caller hangs up when I answer. Each time is a different phone number with my same area code. I stopped answering. Problem solved. For now.
I had been feeling unwanted but Delta Airlines came to the rescue with an email to inform me that I have been promoted to Gold Medallion Member. I don’t think it means much more than my old Silver status, but I still feel special. I am easy.
“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” ―
On Friday I got an email from an email address I didn’t recognize. This person called me by name and wanted to reconnect. As I searched my inbox I was able to find one email that we had exchanged in 2015 that didn’t say much but it seemed that we had exchanged a lot flirtatious messages in the past.
After a few back and forth emails where I kept asking for more information it was clear that he was intent on not telling me who he was. I was curious and didn’t like being in the dark and feeling vulnerable. I was tempted to continue emailing to try to figure out who he was.
There was curiosity, but there was also hope. Hope as in the idea of romance and fairy-tale. It goes like this: this charming admirer from the past realized that he cannot live without me. He comes back, sweeps me off of my feet and we live happily ever after.
I was curious but had no interest on playing his one-sided game. I stopped replying. The real power is not in having the last word, but in fighting the urge to engage. I no longer need to have the last word. I refuse to waste my time, energy, heart and hope on stupidity and distractions.
There is a reason this guy was left in 2015. I don’t need to be reminded of what that reason was. It is always tempting to revisit the past. Even if dysfunctional it is always comforting and familiar. Happily, this time I am choosing the future, not the past.
As I often say: Let’s make new mistakes, learn new lessons!
“Can’t you give me brains?” asked the Scarecrow.
“You don’t need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn’t know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.” ―
Blessed with a Star on the Forehead 
I am confused why you would email someone refusing to identify themselves properly. Not an auspicious start
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Because I am gullible, hopeful, easy, the list goes on and on. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt. I hope the people are just being playful. But anyway, in the past I would keep in going to try to find out who he was. Now I wasted only a few minutes and few emails. Live and learn.
By the way, I am not doing the carpet anymore, but not going with real wood either. I am going with something called Vinyl Plan Flooring.
Thank you and blessings! 🙂 ♥
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I think you will love vinyl planks, look great, super product!
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Now the hard part is choosing the color.
I am giving credit for not going with carpet 🙂 ♥
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Ask for samples to compare with your furniture and paint
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I went to Home Depot to look at the samples and brought a few home. The truth is that there is really no wrong choice. I eventually want new furniture. Everything I own is almost 20 years old, some older.
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I am looking forward to hearing more about the results!
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Me too. Now I am playing the waiting game with the floor guy.
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Here these days there is many calls speaking Chineese, actually not sure which dialect…also not counting times I been told there was a warrant emitted in another province in Canada and that I need to call them, so best solution not answering…they can leave a message…:)
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I heard about those foreign speaking calls. I haven’t got those yet. I was getting some from the most different places around the world but they would ring once only. I read that the idea of those calls was to make the person try to call the number back.
Indeed, the best is to not answer. If it is important they will leave a message, and they never do.
Thank you and blessings! 🙂 ♥
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Good call not to pursue it further
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Hi Beth
I am happy I fought the urge to keep replying to him.
Thank you and have a blessed day! 🙂 ♥
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“The real power is not in having the last word, but in fighting the urge to engage”. So true. Thank you for another lovely post.
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Thank you for reading! Blessings! 🙂 ♥
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How nice of lovely Delta! indeed there is a reason you left the mystery guy in 2015, likely where he belongs! xx
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Indeed let’s hope there are extra perks that I don’t know about.
At the end of the day why did I need to waste time to only be reminded why things didn’t work?
Sending you hugs and blessings! 🤗❤
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And to you my dear! xx
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