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Soft Escapes
When you skip a question, but not each other
- I don’t want to answer this one. But I’d like to ask you something small instead.
- I’m not ready to share. But I’d love to hold your hand and ask you to guess what I might say.
- Let’s pretend this question got eaten by our pet goldfish. Want to make up a new one together?
- Can I skip — but offer you a hug or a memory?
- I’d rather ask you something gentle.
Try these Soft Escapes
Short, gentle ways to skip a question with care.
Need inspiration? Hit Feeling Lucky for three random picks.
- I need a tiny pause—can we skip this one?
- Can we come back to this later?
- I’ll answer after a minute—give me a moment.
- Trade a token for a Curious—ask me later.
- I’m feeling quiet right now.
- Could you hold that thought?
- Let’s file this under ‘later’—I’ll ask you about it after dinner.
- Soft pause—breathe with me for 30 seconds.
- I’m skipping, but I’m curious—ask me about this tomorrow: “How did that make you feel?”
- Skip for now; later you can ask: “What did that bring up for you?”