Image: Skeletor holding up a relatively huge 80s/90s cell phone with an aquatic mutant character name Mer-Man behind him.
Caption: Start every phone call with “my phone is about to die” that way you can hang up on them whenever you want to.
And hang up while you’re speaking, just to make the lie more convincing.
Why lie? Just say you’re tired of talking. Life’s too short for bullshit.
LPT or masking tip? Masking makes things more bearable but I find it often prevents being able to make a genuine connection. I can mask fairly well for a couple hours but by then I’m exhausted. Trying to mask with people I see regularly inevitably ends up in ruined relationships due to internalized guilt from lying and them recognizing me as a liar. It saves time and stress to just be honest, even if that means coming off as acerbic or just eccentric.
LPT or masking tip?
More like a joke, but I bet the tip would work with people that historically do not respect boundaries but you still have to maintain a working relationship with. But yeah, I’ve been on a de-masking kick lately, and it’s so much nicer. Less stress and I start building relationships with people I can be myself around.
I just dont answer calls from anyone other than my girlfriend or closest friends and they know me well enough that I can just say that I can’t talk rn and they’ll understand
Good guy Skeletor.