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What to text back when your ex says « tell me you don't miss me and i'll leave you alone »

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tell me you don't miss me and i'll leave you alone

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What they actually meant

This is a trap with two doors. Say you miss them and it reopens everything, say you don't and you're the cold one. You don't have to answer a question designed like this.

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Replies you can send

Keep it calm

of course i think about you. that doesn't change my answer

Hold your ground

We'd send this one

i'm not answering that. please leave it alone

Change the game

whether i miss you isn't the point. i'm not doing this again

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