"Can't We Talk?"
(condensed from: You Just Don't Understand)
by Deborah Tannen
A married couple was in a car when the wife turned to her husband and asked, "Would you like to stop for a coffee?"
"No, thanks," he answered truthfully. So they didn't stop.
The result? The wife, who had indeed wanted to stop, became
annoyed because she felt her preference had not been considered. The
husband, seeing his wife was angry, became frustrated. Why didn't she
just say what she wanted?
Unfortunately, he failed to see that his wife was asking the
question not to get an
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