There were some things I’d been wanting to tell M running through my mind at various times over the last week or so (both positive and negative), and, figuring I had nothing to lose, I got up the guts to write an email and actually hit the send button. I didn’t hear back the next day, but I don’t know how often she checks it, and also I only half-expected a response. Well, long story short, she responded last night, and we exchanged a number of emails within a couple of hours. It actually went very well, considering—we each understood where the other was coming from, and agreed that we aren’t right for each other, at least not right now, since we want different things in the relationship department. I felt a bit better after that. :)