Q. A friend of 30 years moved abroad three years ago. He then was diagnosed with throat cancer but mercifully has now had the all-clear. During his treatment I wrote several supportive emails. In March my sister had a massive stroke and, since her daughters both live abroad, the bulk of support for her fell to me. Since I have had another sister living in a home since 2005, I am understandably feeling rather overwhelmed. I mentioned this to my friend on the back of his jubilant ‘all-clear’ email two months ago and have had no response. I do think it rather odd. Should I make my disappointment known?
— Name withheld, London
A. First, don’t assume disappointment is in order. Perhaps he didn’t read your email all the way through. Did you gush at the beginning of it? Or maybe he wrote a reply and left it in his drafts box by mistake.
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