Dear T,
I feel completely fine about what I said in last night's email. I wasn't feeling anxious about your reply. I figured you might just say "Thanks for sharing, LT," which I'd be good with. But now it's almost 9:30 and you nearly always reply before that. So *now* I'm starting to feel anxious...

I hope it's just that you're busy this morning. Or saw it as an email that didn't really need a response (it's not like I asked you for anything). But I'm a bit worried you're either bothered/annoyed by it or working on some long response--and those usually aren't good. I certainly wouldn't want that sort of reply right before I'm meeting my friend, if you send it later. And if you don't say anything at all in response, I'm just going to feel weird.

So could you at least acknowledge it? Maybe you're just trying not to encourage email... But I think you'd just be direct then, right? Not passive-aggressively choosing not to reply, when you know I at least like acknowledgement.

Sigh...why do I do this to myself?

Love,
LT