From: Bestie
What to text back when your friend says « haven't heard from you in a while »
Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.
Bestie
haven't heard from you in a while
Gentle guilt
What they actually meant
This is a friend missing you with a small edge of hurt. Neutral on the surface, and they wrote it out instead of just saying hi for a reason.
How loaded this is · pretty chill
Replies you can send
Keep it calm
We'd send this onei know, i've been terrible. how are you?
Hold your ground
true. it's been a lot lately, not personal
Change the game
let's fix that. free this weekend?
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