{"id":12512,"date":"2025-12-31T02:23:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=12512"},"modified":"2025-12-31T02:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:23:29","slug":"seasons-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/seasons-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasons greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Should there be an apostrophe in there? Whose greetings are they?) Just got a well wishing text from an old colleague whom I haven\u2019t heard from in ages.<\/p>\n

Very heartwarming, even taking into account it woke me up from my nap which at my age I desperately need if I hope to make it to midnight.<\/p>\n

In any event, I wrote a very full and enthusiastic reply until I suddenly thought, just before sending it \u201cHang on, that doesn\u2019t sound like a very personal message\u2026\u201d from the sender. And on rereading it, I was right:<\/p>\n

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Goddammit! They\u2019ve sent it to everyone on their contacts list. I toyed with the idea of replying in kind or not at all, but I\u2019ve decided to be the better man. Besides, I\u2019ve already gone to all the effort of writing it. And I\u2019m awake now. I\u2019ve sent it, but I do feel vaguely like I\u2019ve been catfished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Should there be an apostrophe in there? Whose greetings are they?) Just got a well wishing text from an old colleague whom I haven\u2019t heard from in ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-3fO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13031,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/perspective-9\/","url_meta":{"origin":12512,"position":0},"title":"Perspective","author":"Interloper11","date":"June 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"First of all, a disclaimer: I\u2019m currently on holiday in Fiji, so any complaints from me should be taken with a grain of (sea) salt. 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