The Momba Brief
The sentence you should already have
The readiness move
A conversation has gone wrong. Not dangerous — wrong. Too personal, too long, too close, too insistent. And you want to leave it.
So what do you say?
Most people, in the moment, try to build a reason. Something plausible enough to survive being questioned. And while they're building it, the conversation continues, because constructing a defensible excuse under mild social pressure takes a surprisingly long time.
That delay is the whole problem, and it's entirely avoidable.
Here's the move: decide the sentence now. One sentence, no reason attached, ready before you need it.
Notice what's missing. No explanation, no apology, no opening for negotiation. Nothing anyone can argue with, because there's no argument in it.
And then — this is the part people leave out — you move while you say it. The sentence isn't a request to leave. It's what you say on your way.
You never owed anyone a reason you could defend.
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