From: Roommate
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 oneyou'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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