[ SECRET POST #5849 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5849 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think you should feel a little bad about that... I think you should feel a significantly larger amount of bad. Lots of people would be grateful for a good Yuletide fic, and you got one and then... didn't say a word of thanks? Eeesh. I don't mean to be hard on you, but it's not too late to attempt an extremely belated thank you with a brief explanation of why you didn't initially say anything in response. It would probably mean something to the author, even after a long delay.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt - honestly, I agree about feeling more than a little bad. I completely understand wanting to thank someone properly, but if you wait until you're motivated enough to come up with the perfect words, it'll definitely be too late. Just say something. Acknowledgment. Anything. Doesn't have to be over the top gushing praise. Just "thank you." You all agreed upon gift giving, and someone put work into gathering/creating your gift. To be ignored after all that is just awful.

But I dunno how I'd feel if someone came to me five years later explaining why they didn't thank me for my gift. Maybe annoyed that they waited so long and dredged up bad memories. I do like anon's suggestion below though - reconsider participating in these exchanges if there's a chance you'll go silent again.

[(Anonymous)]

"I don't mean to be hard on you but you should feel really bad"

Come on. Chances are, ayrt is thinking about this whole thing a lot more than the author.

I agree that ayrt is overthinking it and should just leave a comment, even if it's late. But no need to make ayrt feel even worse about it than they already are.

[(Anonymous)]

It's okay for people to feel bad about stuff they messed up. Natural, even. By all means, the anon shouldn't flagellate themselves over it, but you know... it was an error, even one that was made with good intentions. The healthy way to deal with a mistake is to reflect on it and own it, feel remorse, make amends if possible and take the necessary steps to not repeat it in the future.