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Empathy
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
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Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Supporting a Friend After a Job Loss
A close friend has just texted you the following message:
"I got laid off today. They called it a 'restructuring.' I worked there for six years. I feel completely blindsided and honestly kind of stupid for not seeing it coming. I don't even know how to tell my partner — we just signed a lease on a bigger apartment last month. I don't want advice right now, I just needed to tell someone."
Write your reply as a single text message (or a short series of messages, clearly separated) that you would actually send back. Your reply should:
1. Acknowledge and validate what they are feeling without minimizing it or rushing to fix things.
2. Respect their explicit request that they do not want advice right now.
3. Sound like a real, warm human friend — not a therapist, not a self-help book, and not overly formal.
4. Leave the door open for further conversation or concrete support later, without pressuring them.
Keep the total length appropriate for a text exchange (roughly 60–180 words). Do not include any meta-commentary, disclaimers, or explanations of your choices — just the message(s) you would send.
