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What to text back when your roommate says « we should probably have a house meeting »

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

Roommate

we should probably have a house meeting

Formalising a complaint

What they actually meant

Nobody calls a house meeting about something small. They have a list and they've been building it for a while. Better to find out the topic before you walk in.

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Replies you can send

Keep it calm

sure, happy to. when works?

Hold your ground

We'd send this one

yeah ok. give me a heads up on what it's about first

Change the game

if there's something about me, just tell me now and we can skip the meeting

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