Or if he forgot to do it, he would make up a story saying that he remembered, but thought you would have already done it, instead.

如果他忘记取衣服回家，他就会编织这样一个故事：不是我不记得了，只是我觉得你已经把它取回家了。

youdao

You don't know how much it means when [people] are cut off from the rest of the world, when they have this sense that really they are still remembered, that people know that they are there.

知道我们依然被外界所关注，人们能够理解我们的遭遇——你不明白这对于与世隔绝的人们来说有多重要。

youdao

Hisayuki, wife returned toward ceremony, suddenly remembered uncles son has not eaten for a long time, and sister-son said: You do not have people bring me over rice it?

久之，嫂子朝礼归来，突然想起小姑子已多时没吃饭了，小姑子说：你不是已经让人给我送过饭了吗？

youdao

Well, even when someone accidentally leaves you out of the loop, you often suspect that they could have remembered if it was really important to them, if they really respected you.

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