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Announcing a Departure (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If I'm in a room with people I know and I plan to leave the room for a long time, I tell them where I'm going. If it's for a short time I do not.

What (if anything) is an appropriate time scale to leave a room without announcing when/if you'll be back?

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[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

well if you say youre going for smokes i know you arent coming back

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 2 days ago

Both of my parents told me that several years ago. I haven’t seen them since.