Six words that can turn around a whole situation. And a whole life or lives.
If you can’t get all six words out at once (either because you’re in shock or because the other person is so reactive), even just saying “WAIT!” can buy yourself a little bit of time for the other five words.
And from there, ideally, can buy yourself the time to explain what you did mean.
I can’t even count the number of situations where it would’ve helped for me to have this tattooed on my hand.