AAauuuugh!!! Help me please....

[bliss_eternal]

Please excuse my primal scream, I just needed to get that out. lol. This is a follow-up to my other thread about the friend I was editing for, that tried to get me to do his work for him...:eyes:

Today, I got a message from him, stating he completed some of the rewriting work. I was happy to hear that he is progressing. But I really didn't like the rest of the message.

He is *again*, asking me to look his work over. He started by saying "have me proof it," but ended with saying "have me look to see if he is getting his point across and doing what his advisor suggested." :banghead: Um, shouldn't he ask his advisor that?

I'm not open to proofing, editing or helping in any way. I thought that was clear after my last message. I'm glad he finally got to work on it. But I can't help him. Why doesn't he ask his advisors if "he's getting it...?" :crazy: I've never done this kind of thing before, so why ask me?

To me, it sounds like another attempt to pick my brain or (translation) get me to do work for him. My husband was the first to retrieve the message and agreed with my interpretation of his message. :(

I haven't returned the call, and at this point, don't plan to. I don't feel I can say what I have to say to him right now in a clear, coherent and KIND way, so I choose to remain mute.

ARGH! What am I doing wrong?