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How polite intentions replace honest limitations

I've been saying I'll visit my childhood friend in Japan 'soon' for five years and we both know I'm never coming but we keep pretending the plan is real.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Kindness disguised as future promises creates relationships built on mutual deception rather than accepting present realities.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with East Asian time and face-saving?”

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