I messed up big time, turns out I sent my abstract for review to a random external researcher I connected with, and since he took out the time to give one of the most detailed review of my work, i went overboard thanking him, and saying that nobody has ever taken such as interest in reviewing my work, and along with the review I forwarded the last part to my mentor as well, I'm so embarrassed right now, I cant stop over thinking this, I/m truly grateful to my mentor like he's done so much for me academically, i just want to bury my head in the sand now
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Easiest way to wriggle your way out of this is to let your PI know you mean people and external to your lab.
Also: I always populate the “To:” line in an email last just so it’s the most likely thing to check.
As soon as I realized, I message my PI that I went overboard thanking him since as a stranger he gave such a detailed review, he replied with “Sure” I can’t stop overthinking this
Hahaha ha
The one word answer?! Yeah, I'd be dying inside.
I'm sure it's fine, though. I bet you show your PI how much you appreciate them in other ways.
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It's okay! You're a student. Shit happens. They know!