I have just spent the past hour trying to write a reply to an email I received and I am rendered completely incapable of doing it because I am so incensed. Every time I think of a sentence it just turns into a rant and I end up pressing the keys too hard and using too many capitals and generally behaving like a mad woman with a big grudge and no sense, and all the time the little Angel on my left shoulder keeps telling me that it's "probably best left alone" but it's fighting a losing battle with the Devil on my right who's snickering in my ear and shrieking, "Give it to the fucker, say exactly what you think, are you REALLY GOING TO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THAT? Doitdoitdoitdoit!"

So I'm going to briefly write it here instead in the vain hope that it calms me down and leaves my rational brain in charge again.

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FUCK THE FUCK OFF with your pompous 'I've been on a course in assertiveness' bullshit pap psychology sentences such as: As none of this was vindictive I am just not going to feel guilty and I suggest you try to keep things in perspective for the reasons I've given. Brooding on what's done and saying "It is now rendered a sad and traumatic thing for me, instead of the joyful thing it should have been" is extremely counter-productive for you.

No, no, no, no, no. Those words are so very far from what you should have been saying, which was in fact just 'sorry'.

Once.

Nicely.