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What to text back when your friend says « you've changed since you two started dating »

Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.

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you've changed since you two started dating

Hurt as accusation

What they actually meant

Half of this is probably true and half of it is your friend missing you. It lands as an attack because it skips straight past the part where they say they feel left behind.

How loaded this is · not in your head

Replies you can send

Keep it calm

We'd send this one

i think i've been less around and that's on me. i miss you too

Hold your ground

i've been happy, not different. but i hear that i've been distant

Change the game

let's fix the actual issue. dinner this week, just us

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