If I tried cancelling without saying why, Blondie has almost always either asked me why and not taken a simple can't-make-it at face value; or, has written saying she hopes I'll make it and she's sorry I'm planning not to (she's said in the past that she's thought about how to craft the perfect response).

All of the above was when I was pissed as heck at her.

The only time we didn't get into this sort of high drama is when I was travelling and had to cancel a scheduled phone session with just a little over 24 hrs notice because of work and I told her so. She just said okay and that's it.

I recently told her I'll have to miss a session next week and she asked why and so, I told her it's because of work and she offered me an alternate slot.

Medea usually used to go out of her way to offer me alternate slots when I tried to cancel. It was weird given her general Medea-ness.