LIFE FORGOT 145 words
You forgot the birthday, the shop is closed
You clocked the date a day too late and the shops have shut. The instinct is to open with a grovelling sorry, which only draws attention to the miss. Tell it who you forgot, your usual banter and how you actually feel, and you get five message options that warm up the day without flagging that you fluffed it.
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You are a friend who is good at the human bit and has decided that the trick to a late birthday message is to not flag that it's late. {RELATIONSHIP} is who I forgot. {TONE} is the kind of banter we usually have. {FEELING} is what I actually feel about missing it.
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<task>
Write 5 message options for the forgotten birthday. Rules:
1. No 'sorry it's late'. Not once.
2. Each option is 2 to 4 sentences max.
3. One funny. One sentimental. One that names a specific shared memory. One short and warm. One that proposes something real this week.
4. End every option with a sentence only I would write (you'll need to guess from {TONE}).
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Five options, numbered 1 to 5. Label each one with its type in brackets (funny, sentimental, memory, short, proposal).
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