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What to text back when your mom says « your cousin just got promoted »
Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.
your cousin just got promoted
What they actually meant
It's information with an implication attached. They may not even mean it as a comparison, but you heard one because it's landed that way before. You don't have to argue your own résumé.
How loaded this is · loaded
Replies you can send
Keep it calm
that's great, i'll send them a message
Hold your ground
good for them. i'm not in a race with my cousin
Change the game
We'd send this onenice. things are going ok on my end too actually
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