Lest I be branded an ogre, let me state that I DO NOT DISLIKE YENTA.
I am extremely annoyed by the amount of PM's, IM's and forwarded e-mails that I used to get from her. I also feel that she doesn't know the difference between "friend-ly" and "friends". She was a student in a school where I taught many years ago and was in one play I directed there. Yes, we were "friend-ly" but at no point did I ever feel that we crossed the line and had become "friends". Obviously she felt otherwise. She went away to college and I didn't hear from her for 30 years.
She found me here at BWW and began acting in a way she did in high school. I mean a schoolgirl crush is one thing, but in the ensuing years I've had various life experiences that have caused me to become a somewhat different person than the teacher she recalled me as being. I received PM's and e-mails from her in which she poured out her turmoils and anguish. I also received a steady flow of e-mails with Jewish recipes and Jewish jokes. Now, there is a possibility I have some Jewish blood in me, but I am an Italian American. The fact that all of this coming from someone I hadn't even THOUGHT about for 30 years made me feel very uncomfortable. In 33 years of teaching I have met thousands of students. I am happy when they achieve success but I don't think about them or cling to them in any way. My concerns are with my little family and my precious little granddaughter. I don't live my life through my former students. No teacher should.
I was really upset when Yenta THOUGHT I had retired last month and posted what amounted to an obituary for me. Now, if our relationship was a close as Yenta thought it was, wouldn't she have known that I've put off my retirement until NEXT year? What scared me was that the obituary contained references to things I'd completely forgotten. Obviously this woman is living in the past.
Yes, I've blocked her PM's, her e-mails and her IM's. This should not come as a surprise to her. Several months ago I warned her about this because I was starting to feel overwhelmed by her then. It's become even more so now.
Now, after you have taken the time to read this, you decide for yourself about whether I DISLIKE Yenta. I'm not saying another word about it. I wish her well.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
