I feel invisible Update 2

[Warpy]

18. Well, you're not any worse off than you were before he contacted you

so you haven't lost anything but the fantasy of a reunion with a relative who's ghosted you for decades.

If he gets around to contacting you now that the holidays are winding down, that's great. If not, that's OK, too, you've still got the cousin he did respond to. You'll get a report.

You might not be in the best head space right now, but you're not the one with something essentially wrong. with you. Let go of the fantasy, those never work out, anyway, people are too complicated. Just take it as it comes, if it comes. If you do meet again and he's not who you remember, try to remember you're not the hero worshiping kid any more, either.

Don't take this personally, it's most likely not personal, at all.