Sources confirm he changed “Thanks so much!” to “Thank you so much!” and back again 11 times
RIDGEMONT HEIGHTS—A local man spent approximately 47 minutes composing a thank you text in-laws message following Christmas dinner, according to sources familiar with his screen time data. The 127-character message underwent 23 revisions before being sent at 9:34 PM.
“He kept asking me ‘does this sound sincere enough?'” reported the man’s wife, speaking on condition of anonymity because she was standing right behind him the whole time. “Then he’d change it and ask if it sounded too sincere. Then whether an exclamation point was too much.”
The Thank You Text In-Laws Dilemma
According to sources, the text went through multiple iterations. Early drafts included the phrase “lovely dinner,” which was removed because it “sounded British” and replaced with “great dinner,” which was then changed to “wonderful dinner.”
“Wonderful felt like I was trying too hard,” the man reportedly told his phone, according to witnesses. “But great felt like I didn’t try at all. I went with ‘really nice.’ Consequently, it’s worse than both.”
Response Raises More Questions
Additionally, the in-laws’ response to the carefully crafted thank you text in-laws message arrived at 9:47 PM. It read: “K”.
Sources report the man stared at his phone for approximately four minutes following this response. He then asked his wife if “K” was “good or bad” and whether he should “send something else.”
“I told him to put the phone down and go to bed,” the wife stated. “He put the phone down. Then he picked it back up. Then he put it down again. We don’t discuss it.”
The man has reportedly already begun drafting his New Year’s message. He is “workshopping” opening lines.
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