I’ve got to admit. My wife and I have had identical conversations. She usually winds up looking at me like she can’t believe she married such a dunce. She just doesn’t get the idea that we men tend to let people share what they want, and leave it at that.
Just a difference between the orientation of the sexes, I suppose.
On the other hand, I’ll sometimes ask her about some specific detail that is critical to our closing an important deal with a client, and this is how it sounds:
Me: Honey, did you get in touch with Mr. Smith about our proposal from last week?
Her: Oh yeah, I heard from him yesterday.
Me: And...?
Her: He said something about getting a couple of other bids.
Me: Hmmm....sounds like he thinks our price is kinda high. Did you pull the string on that?
Her: Why should I? Didn’t you give him your best price?
Me: Uh......honey, he’s in our preferred customer pool. You know I gave him the best price I could. Did you break down the basic numbers for him?
Her: Sales is your job. Why are you making me responsible for this?
Me: (.... sigh ....) Sweetheart, sales is everyone’s business. All you ever have to do is give our clients the honest breakdown of how this all works, and most of them will understand that they’re getting the best deal for the money.
Her: Well, I do my job, and you ought to do yours.
Me: (...head spinning...)
A number of years ago I saw a comedy skit called “Defending The Caveman”.
One of the funniest, and true, bits I have ever seen.