A long time ago I took a psychology class and the professor asked us to stand in a circle. Then he asked each of us, "If you want to get attention for yourself, would you step into the circle or out of the circle?" I said I would step into the circle, but a surprising number of students said they would step out of the circle. I think your wife would step out of the circle to get attention.
I would have stepped out of the circle and started circling.
