mixed messages
When someone you haven't heard from in five years sends you an email saying they'd like to catch up and make more effort to stay in touch, and you reply promptly to that email with a cordial "things are fine with me! What have you been up to?", you'd expect them to reply equally promptly.
What should you think when you find yourself up against the same wall of silence that led to the five year non-correspondence in the first place?
What should you think when you find yourself up against the same wall of silence that led to the five year non-correspondence in the first place?