She told her newly divorced friend it's lucky there were no kids. The friend didn't take it as comfort.

A woman asks strangers online whether she said something wrong to her freshly divorced friend over beers.

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Korean community post, image 1: Had beers with my newly divorced friend.
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Had beers with my newly divorced friend. She said her life felt over; I said it's lucky she split before kids. She teared up, left.

친구가 이번에 이혼했는데 내가 말실수한 건지 봐줄 여시 여시 13:41 · 338 어제 퇴근하고 친구랑 맥주 한잔했는데 친구가 최근에 이혼했거든 이혼 얘기하면서 자기 인생 끝난 거 같다고 하길래 무슨 소리냐고 애 없을 때 이혼한 게 천만다행이라고 했는데 친구가 왜 말을 그렇게 하냐고 울먹이더라고 나는 아이 없는 상태에서 이혼하는 게 좋은 거 아니냐고 왜 우냐고 했어 아무리 그래도 할 말 못 할 말이 있는 거라고 같이 못 있겠다고 가버렸어 계속 전화해도 안받더니 오늘 카톡 왔는데 내가 말실수한 거야?? 진짜 못할 말을 한 건지 지금 상황이 당황스럽다.....

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  1. Friend

    There's a reason not to vent to a T type. You hurt me again, never apologized — just laughed it off. Friends said you're 'hardcore T,' so let it go. I only wanted an apology. Maybe too much to ask. I've been up since dawn, can't eat or function. Get that?

    T한테 고민상담하지말라는 말이 괜히 있는게 아닌거같아 의도가 어쨌든 너말에 나는 또한번 상처를받았고 그럼 사과하는게 맞다고생각하는데 너는그냥 웃으면서 넘어가려고 했던게 나는또상처였어 애들한테 어제일말하니까 넌 쌉T니까 나보고 그냥넘어가라고하네 나는 그저 사과한마디만 들었으면했는데 내가 너무 많은걸 바랬는지 혼란스럽네 새벽에 일어나서 아무것도못하고 밥도못먹고 이러는나를 넌알까

  2. Why read it, no reply?

    왜확인하고 답장안해?

  3. OP

    No, I wasn't laughing it off — I meant it wasn't worth hurting over. I said it my way, to comfort you. Sorry if it hurt, but I'd say the same to my sister. Don't dwell on it, feel better.

    아니 웃으면서 넘어가려고 한 게 아니라 그렇게 상처받고 신경쓸 말이 아니라는 거야 나는 나대로 위로한다고 한말이었는데 상처받았으면 미안하다 근데 나는 동생이 이혼했어도 똑같이 말했을 것 같아 그러니까 너무 상처받지 말고 기분 풀었으면 좋겠어

  4. Friend

    You're right no matter what?

    너는 끝까지 너가맞다는거네

  5. Let's not talk for a while. I'll tell them.

    우리 당분간 연락하지말자 애들한테는 내가말할게

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💡 Why did calling her 'lucky' blow up so badly?
OP meant it as reassurance, but her friend took it as dismissive of her pain, and the fight escalated into a group chat verdict that OP is just a cold 'T' type.vs. the US: friends would argue about the words themselves, not about someone's personality-test letter.Klore note

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