Quote: Often times, I'd look at a conversation and see the substantive part as the emotional part of the conversation. My husband would look at it as though the substantive part was the fact exchange.
Often when I used to ask him about the conversation he had with someone, he'd tell me only about the facts, not the emotional part. I always felt he was holding stuff back, lies through ommision.
P used to be the same way. She'd want to know every detail of a conversation. I'd just hit the hightlights because I couldn't remember everything that was said. Used to frustrate the hell out of her.
Sometimes I think about the communication difference in the exaggerated example of the "King of the Hill" cartoon where the guys are standing around, drinking a beer, saying 'yup'. It's not a real conversation because they don't feel the need to fill the gap.
