Subj : close to someone only through email
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Aug 30 2025 20:32:00

Hello Rob!

** On Saturday 30.08.25 - 08:02, you wrote to MIKE POWELL:

 RM> Her relatives could never understand how you could be so
 RM> close to someone you only know through eMail and the rare
 RM> phone call.

 RM> Best explained to them as a friend who you can complain
 RM> about your family to without getting into trouble later..
 RM>   B)

It could also be because another relative could spill the  
trust-relationship to another relative ..and then, as you say  
above - that could trigger divisions.   Someone unrelated we  
converse with (say one to one via email or even over the phone)  
is less likely "to get involved" with the family members  
directly.

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  ../|ug

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