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What to text back when your roommate says « i don't want to be that person but »

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

Roommate

i don't want to be that person but

Softening the blow

What they actually meant

Whatever follows the but is the actual message, and the opening is there to soften it. They've been holding this in for a while. Let them finish before you react.

How loaded this is · loaded

Replies you can send

Keep it calm

We'd send this one

you're not. say it, i'd rather know

Hold your ground

go ahead. i'd rather hear it now than in a month

Change the game

just tell me plainly, i promise i won't get weird

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