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What to text back when your mom says « call me when you get a chance »
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call me when you get a chance
What they actually meant
Your stomach dropped because there's no subject line. Nine times out of ten it's genuinely nothing. Asking what it's about is allowed and takes the spiral away.
How loaded this is · pretty chill
Replies you can send
Keep it calm
will do, calling tonight
Hold your ground
We'd send this onesure, everything ok? is it urgent or can it wait till tonight?
Change the game
in a rough patch of the week. calling sunday, is that ok?
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