Not A Fan of When

people you haven't heard from in two years drop into your life with an email out of the blue & want to know how things are going. And it's always followed up with "We should get together for a short breakfast or lunch or something". It actually said that. I haven't seen or heard from this person in two years. I went to their wedding, was there for the various festivities, was asked to send a gift when the baby was born, but never got to see the baby in question (I wonder if there really is a baby). Baby is almost three and I get the email of "Well, how are things?" What? How are things? Do you really care or is it that you are so bored & your friends are not available because they don't have children & you are looking for someone who may be free to tell your good fortunes to? Be honest. Because an offer of "short breakfast or lunch" is not really worth my time when it's been over two years. If getting together is that much of a chore but you need it to be long enough to declare how the construction on your new house is going, your job & marriage & vacation & child, then just write it in the stupid email. Don't make me drive out there to meet at a restaurant while someone watches the child in question so I again do not meet the child, don't get to see the spouse I watched you marry, or even get an offer for "lunch" in general. Because the last time we met, it was a "short" deal where you had scheduled to meet another friend for coffee in the afternoon that Saturday right after we were to have lunch. Everything is too cataloged & runs more like a work day filled with meetings rather than a genuine "how are you" session.