Major Realisation

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Just realised sometime about email conversation to do with voice the person is using and how it is perceived. When someone says, "Are you talking to me?" it could mean are you actually referring to me, or it could mean "Are you talking to me?!" in an angry voice. I don't know why I didn't consider this before but until recently I think I was favouring the angry voice, god knows why. Anyway just thought I'd share in case this rings any bells or helps at all. In the past I had a strong tendency for the paranoia but it got much less as things went on.

exactly why i dont email anyone.

Usually, if i want to talk to someone i use a thing called are you ready? phone!

I would probably have assumed the worse case scenario too. However, I deal with so many emails on a daily basis, that I just quickly read and respond in a profession, yet brief manner. Frankly, I prefer to communicate via email, save me from the whole awkward conversation thing.

In a case like the one you described, I would reply with a simple "yes". If the other person was angry at me, the tone would probably be more apparent in his or her second response. Though even e-mail has its own complications, I still prefer it over regular speech. E-mail gives me the opportunity to carefully plan my response, whereas real-time speech does not.