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What "it's whatever" really means

"it's whatever"

Almost always the opposite. "Whatever" is what people say when they care and have decided that caring out loud isn't safe.

Underneath it: I'm hurt and I don't trust you to handle it if I say so. The move isn't to accept the "whatever" — it's to make it safe enough that they don't need it.

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