{"id":236,"date":"2008-09-08T18:40:36","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T10:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/?p=236"},"modified":"2008-09-08T18:40:36","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T10:40:36","slug":"delayed-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Delayed Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear\u00c2\u00a0,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">13 days to your birthday . This is a special day ; because its the first time i get upset with us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In\u00c2\u00a0a way, i want you to know how happy i am to have you as co-investor\u00c2\u00a0; i have to be frank i am upset by the fact you choose not to ask me ; since the day i shared this idea with you; till i pop the question yesterday on the role\u00c2\u00a0you like to play.\u00c2\u00a0 I can allow you to take time to think through this before you ask me, what i am distressed ( even till now) is your decision of not asking me and waiting for me to ask. It affects me; and\u00c2\u00a0 where it concerns things that makes a difference for\u00c2\u00a0this relationship\u00c2\u00a0( even a\u00c2\u00a0simple gesture to cook a simple dinner\u00c2\u00a0)\u00c2\u00a0, delayed words are not welcomed. I would prefer the idea of not having\u00c2\u00a0to say and ask for something all the time\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0with a &#8220;noted&#8221; reply\u00c2\u00a0msn or sms.\u00c2\u00a0I can&#8217;t expect you to know what i\u00c2\u00a0want at all times but the least i expect is truth\u00c2\u00a0saying. I do not like the feeling of you keeping to yourself something about us or things you have questions on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I hope to understand why you\u00c2\u00a0would prefer to delay your\u00c2\u00a0words\u00c2\u00a0and feelings at time..i don&#8217;t know.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I just know i am\u00c2\u00a0affected and you need to know. I don&#8217;t know how i can\u00c2\u00a0go on trusting us about how you feel at times about us. I really don&#8217;t know.\u00c2\u00a0I have made a choice to be upset today\u00c2\u00a0even though it is supposed to be\u00c2\u00a0something happy for us ( that its a step of\u00c2\u00a0moving forward for the 2 of us).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">MEssage:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have shared with you before ; i value open communication. If you choose to keep\u00c2\u00a0things to yourself, have secrets , i am perfectly ok because couples should have their own secrets. What i do not appreciate is the &#8220;keep to myself&#8221; attitude to\u00c2\u00a0share your thoughts at all\u00c2\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Timing do make a difference to things that matters to the heart, when the moment and opportunity to say something is gone, it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Value of the delayed words spoken\u00c2\u00a0( though a kind gesture) = Zero<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear\u00c2\u00a0, 13 days to your birthday . This is a special day ; because its the first time i get upset with us. In\u00c2\u00a0a way, i want you to know how happy i am to have you as co-investor\u00c2\u00a0; i &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elm3.org\/?p=236\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m-a-d-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elm3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}