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Sometimes, but sometimes that communication is itself a plastic ball that you can drop without issue. Even if that person never speaks to you again, if you are not close it may not matter.

What does matter is reputation though. If you have promised to do something than communication becomes a glass ball if you want to be "a man of your word". Have a good reputation is important, but exactly what good reputation means to everyone is different and that is okay.




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