Please help...I'm having bad thoughts about her=(

Question

I'm hurt=( Why didn't she return my email? If I see her again I don't want to interact with her?

I recently say my former priest at my job. She "seemed" very happy to see me, and even told me it was nice to see me. She asked me about my job & school & for help at my job. She was terminated in Jan. I'm not sure why? I didn't ask her. Also, I have fam probs & I think my uncle prob told her. And I stopped going to church b/c people were disrespecting me. She seemed like she was waiting around for something, it felt akward. I'm really introverted and shy so I didn't ask anything past how are you and answered her q's and told her several times it was good to see her. She finally said bye. Well, I felt bad so I emailed her and just told her it was great seeing her & asked about her fam. I also mentioned I some of the stuff we talked about (to show I was paying attention & listening. It's been almost a week now.

Answer 1

When did you email her?  Almost a week since you bumped into her or emailed her.  And how do you have a female priest?  Anyway--a lot of people do not check their email daily.  My husband checks his once a week.

You both did the polite.  You guys aren't friends.  She used to be a priest and you used to go to church.  And as you weren't even aware that she was terminated in Jan, it's been much longer than 8 months since you saw each other.  So you bump into each other, you exchange pleasantries.  Ok yes you didn't do a very good job of exchanging but you can work on that.  Remember even to a priest it's not all about you.  You talked about your job, school, family problems and how you felt disrespected.  She waited for you to mention anything to her that would show interest in her life.  But no big deal--just something you can work on.

That ends that interaction.  No need to feel rejected.  You didn't have any type of relationship so she probably doesn't want to force interaction and force a relationship where none existed just b/c you happened to bump into each other.