A few days

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A few days is what people say when they don't want to hear your sob story anymore. It means the problem will go away eventually, but only if you stop whining about it.
"I'll be back in a few days," he said, then vanished for two weeks.
"A few days? I've been stuck here for a few days and it feels like a few years!"
"You'll be fine in a few days. I'll be fine in a few days. I'll be dead in a few days."
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A few days is when you pretend time flies just so you don’t have to deal with the mess you made.
"I’ll clean this up in a few days," he said, then fell asleep on the floor.
"A few days later, the pizza was still on the table, and I was still hungry."
"I said I’d be back in a few days. I didn’t say I’d be back in a few days with a whole bunch of my friends."
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A few days is just a guess. It's like saying something will happen soon, but you have no idea how soon.
"I'll be there in a few days," he said. He showed up in a few months.
"A few days later, the cat came back, and the whole house smelled like fish."
"I thought it'd be over in a few days. Turns out it was a few days, but also a few hours, and also a few minutes."
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A few days is when you're trying to avoid responsibility, but you're still kind of responsible.
"I’ll fix the toilet in a few days," he said. It leaked for a month.
"A few days later, I still had no idea what was going on, and neither did anyone else."
"I said I'd be back in a few days. I was back in a few days, but I also brought a few problems with me."
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A few days is like a promise that doesn’t promise anything. It’s vague, it’s weak, and it’s full of hope.
"I’ll be back in a few days," he said, then vanished for a week.
"A few days later, the mess was still there, and so was the smell of regret."
"I thought it would be over in a few days. It was over in a few days, but also in a few hours, and also in a few minutes."
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A few days is when you hope things will get better, but you also hope they won’t get worse.
"I’ll be back in a few days," he said, then showed up with a whole new problem.
"A few days later, my life was still a mess, but at least the mess was a little different this time."
"I said I'd be back in a few days. I was back in a few days, but also in a few hours, and also in a few minutes."
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A few days is just a fancy way of saying ‘I have no idea when I’ll be back.’ It’s like a lie wrapped up in a time frame.
"I'll be back in a few days," he said. He didn’t come back for a few months.
"A few days later, the situation was still bad, but at least it was the same kind of bad this time."
"I said I'd be back in a few days. I was back in a few days, but also in a few hours, and also in a few minutes."
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