lost in translation

Communicating over IM can be a risky business....

My friend and I were chatting about a mutual friend over yahoo im this weekend.  We were all suppose to meet up for brunch on Sunday but the mutual friend bailed because her husband's grandpa passed away.  The death was unexpected so she had to cancel our brunch last minute.   So, my friend and I were chatting about when to reschedule the brunch.  I wrote over im "it's always ****, she always bails on us or flake out"  (in a helpless tone).  But my friend took it the wrong way, thought I'm pissed at our friend.  She said to me, her husband's grandpa died!!!

Ai-ya....  this is totally a misunderstanding... I scrolled up our chat window and re-read our conversation, I realized, since she couldn't hear the tone of my voice, by just reading the words, I sounded like such a b-tch.

After I explained, everything is okay now.... But that feeling of being misunderstood still lingers.  I still feel horrible....

Have you ever had this happen to you? Your words didn't come out right over IM?...

still bummed ><