Okay, so you’re fair and also not a pushover, which I need.
I have this aunt I call every other week and have been for the last couple of years. She was diagnosed with cancer a little while ago (they caught it super early so luckily she’s in remission). I know the chemo has absolutely kicked her ass. I also work kind of weird hours, so she never calls me in case I’m busy.
Which is totally fine, I have a buttload of free minutes that I only ever use to call her and my other aunt.
There times where she doesn’t answer. No probs, it’s fine. But the thing is, she also never calls me back. Which again, is fine, I know I can’t even begin to imagine how shitty chemo is. But when I called her the other day, she said she was out with some people and she said she’d call me back. I’m still waiting. Same thing with the time before that. Not even a text to say, hey, listen, thanks for calling, not really feeling up for chatting. Just. Zip.
When it happened before, a few months ago, she said she’d seen my missed call and just didn’t bother calling me back. Which kinda hurts, I’ll be honest. But she’s been sick and I feel like she was entitled to be a bit crabby.
So I’m not sure if I should just keep on making the effort, even if it’s starting to feel a bit one-sided.