Dear Ryan:

You are welcome. Your strategy regarding Friday reads reasonable and promising. Key is to get the answers that you need. Some people tolerate ambiguity more than others, I am in the others category: I do not tolerate ambiguity and vagueness well, I need concrete, clear understanding whenever possible.

If you ask her if she thinks that your friendship is casual- the two of you may need to come to an understanding of what casual friendship means, so that she will be clear and so that you will not misconstrue her answer.

If you are not sure what an answer means, you can ask a clarifying question or repeat her answer to her and ask if you understood correctly. If there is a particular difficulty with a question, abandon it for the night and let me know what the difficulty was, if you want to, and we can figure out how to proceed in regard to the question.

Looking forward to your update regarding Friday. You are welcome to post before Friday if you need to.

anita