... in response to Re: Re: Re: The saga continues, posted by OkieMan on Jun 11, 2005Lord, give me the virture of patience, RIGHT NOW!
Say, here's a good rule for you (and anybody else):
Neither of you is allowed to get mad, feel hurt, mistrusting or any other negative thing for anything caused by either 1) Failure to communicate (due to faulty telephones or whatever) or 2)Misunderstanding of the other's language. If either of you THINK the other has said something bad (or failed to call or be availble to receive a call, what ever)....wait a while, calm down and try again.....works for us.
Remember, phone service into and from Colombia is iffy at times, FARC blows up a rely tower, too much rain, the phone gods get pissed....who knows? About 2 weeks ago we couldn't get through to my wife's kids in Cali for 5 or 6 days, had to have a friend lend them a cell phone, cell phone calls were going through, but land line calls weren't (not just mine, come to think, on another forum some other people were saying they couldn't get their calls through either). So don't read too much into 'she didn't call' or 'she didn't answer my calls'....she's called NOW, hasn't she?
Since I didn't follow you around on your trip, and the lady hasn't confided in ME, I don't know anything for sure, but it looks to me you two had some rotten phone luck, but she seems interested and trying to keep the communications going. I wouldn't write her off yet. Keep phoning, keep emailing, go back to see her again when you get the time/money, but don't wait too long.
