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Meeting invite said "quick sync, 15 mins." Forty minutes in, someone says "let's take this offline." I have rehearsed my one line eleven times. The meeting was about scheduling the next meeting.
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Sent "ok" at 11:04. It's 11:09. He's typing. He stopped. He's typing again. Now I'm drafting an apology for a fight we never had, in a language he probably doesn't even read. Log kya kahenge — bhai, main hi kya keh raha hoon?
The apology is ready. The fight is not. · The Indian Overthinker
Typed 'haha okay' and now I'm replaying it — was it too dry? Too eager? Should I have added a full stop? No, full stop is aggressive. Now I'm 45 minutes into imagining her telling her friends about the guy who sent a passive-aggressive 'haha okay.' She hasn't replied in 2 hours. Obviously. Because of the full stop. WAIT. There was no full stop. And yet here we are.
The 'haha okay' has been reviewed 47 times and failed inspection each time. · The Indian Overthinker