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Finally, some people treat the follow-up period as a chance to renegotiate what was agreed in person, raising expectations that were not present at the time. This tends to be experienced as a change of terms after the fact and undermines trust more than the original disagreement would have.
 | Conclusion=Following up afterwards is a small piece of communication that carries more weight than its length suggests. It functions best when it reflects what a person actually feels rather than what seems socially expected, and when it leaves the other person free to respond, or not, without penalty.