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

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

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Time doesnt really matter. The way to exit is pound your drink, shatter glass on floor, say “later bitches”, chicken strut out the door.

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moonwalking is an acceptable alternative

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I tend to never tell people and just be like « cya » because it’s not their business.

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My girlfriend would be very unhappy with me I spontaneously left for a couple of days in this way.

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“Alright, see ya later, babe!”

finally shows up after five years

“I said ‘later’”

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I say goodbye to my girlfriend every time I leave, even if she already knows where I’m going and how long I’ll be.

Not if I’m just going to the toilet, but if I’m going to work or something. I’d especially say bye if it was for a couple of days!

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I don’t announce it, and clearly nobody cares.

Just once somebody told me, confused, “I never seen you leave, but I am seeing you come here for like 5th time. Are you jumping out of the window?” (no), and someone else just noted “Yeah, I’ve noticed that too.”

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No need to announce. No need to be where you don’t want to be.

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There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. It’s easy.

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That comment is bad news for the rape victim.

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The Lord works in mysterious ways

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