Some answers come weeks later, or never. If you said it honestly and kindly, it still counted.

The value of saying something true does not depend on what comes back. You control how it was said and whether it was fair; you do not control whether the other person replies, or when, or whether they ever manage it at all. Treating silence as a verdict on the attempt hands the meaning of your own words to somebody else.

If you said something honest and heard nothing, let the saying be the finished part. Ask whether you were kind and clear, and if you were, close the account. Leave room for a late reply without arranging your weeks around one.