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At least 3 reasons why you should never say “Wish me luck!”

Three reasons to avoid saying the phrase “Wish me luck!” as part of your goodbye dialogue:  It’s aggressive, presumptuous, and authoritarian.  Right?  You’re not even asking someone to wish you luck. You’re telling them to offer you the wish. You’re practically ordering them to do it. It’s at least a little audacious, if not downright pushy.  Isn’t…

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Don’t say goodbye to the bride and groom. Just leave. Let it be your final gift to them.

Slate’s Seth Stevenson argues in favor of not saying goodbye. Ghosting—aka the Irish goodbye, the French exit, and any number of other vaguely ethnophobic terms—refers to leaving a social gathering without saying your farewells. One moment you’re at the bar, or the house party, or the Sunday morning wedding brunch. The next moment you’re gone.…

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