Many things have changed since then.

If you want to discuss anything further, you (both) have my phone number and email address. If you don’t feel discussion is necessary or desirable, I understand that, too.

At any rate, I won’t take up any more space on the boards.

And that’s why it hurt so much.

There’s none forthcoming, as your actions made in clear (to me) that you had no intention of gaming/socializing with us. Remember when we asked you for Hunter? Jaben’s birthday party? Walking out on work? You also laid down an ultimatum on the condition of your playing with us that we, as a group, were not going to capitulate to (SO package deal).

So I’m not entirely sure where the disconnect is at; we’ve invited you multiple times and been rebuffed. The message we’ve gleaned from that was “not interested.”

I thought I had given explanations at the time. If my reasons were insufficient, or misunderstood, or just unacceptable…I apologize.

“It’s probably one of the most inconsiderate things I’ve seen happen in a gaming group over the years. She’s pretty much severed all ties with us as well.”

I have been guilty of silence…but my phone hasn’t been ringing off the hook either. And my email, which I have been checking regularly hoping for an invitation to revive Dr. Grace Raynes, has been similarly silent.

I am sincerely sorry for the hard feelings caused by an apparent lack of communication on my part.

Somehow, I’m not surprised. And if any game could sorely tempt me, it would be SG-4.

Unfortunately, it looks like the alternate Saturday thing still isn’t viable for me at this time (We have all three “triplets” that night and Aja would probably skin me if I tried to leave her alone with them. And I’d likely deserve it, too…)

Six months later I saw someone seeking local players on another forum. I went along to the meeting he arranged to let people know about the existing group which already had many games and players.

This is from my blog entry of that day:
“Jon was enthusiastic about getting back into D&D. The last time he played the game stopped because when the good characters were killed by the evil characters their players generated some more evil characters and the party ended up just fighting each other. And then there was another game which ended when a character stole his magic pendant and the GM said his character didn’t know which one did it, so his character coshed them all in their sleep and tortured them until they confessed. But he’s really looking forward to getting back into it again. He doesn’t know how people can play good characters because sometimes you just want to lash out and kill something.”

I don’t think he recognized me. It’s a pity when you lose players like Chris and Doug. It’s a blessing when you miss out on players like Jon.

Real WTF moment. I guess she was made of glass. If she’s feeling fragile on Thursday, how exactly does that translate to you losing your whole weekend?