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[quote=Anonymous]Op here. I was trying to think of other examples to assist in what I’m trying to explain.

DH bought a Magnolia brand room spray from Target. He left it in a downstairs room bookshelf because it didn’t last long and wasn’t exactly an amazing scent. A day or so later, teenage DD asked who it belonged to also asking if she could have it and take it to her room. I explained sure why not. DH over dinner asks where the room spray is - I explain she has it, she took it up to spray her room. She hops in with no, she didn’t take it up to spray her room but that I said that she could have it. 
To me, for what other purpose would you want a room spray but to spray your room. She disagrees and we go back and forth for a moment over this scenario of who has ownership of this spray, its use and where it is.

I’m left confused because to me, what other reason would you take a room spray to your room other than to spray it?!

Things like this often happen.

A work example recently is Bob sent me an email that Gregorio and Dawn were wrapping up on updates to a deliverable from feedback received at a meeting. He asks that I setup time to show those updates to the client. He shares dates that can work. Later in this same email he mentions that those deliverables will be sent over once complete.

I schedule the update reveal meeting only to be asked by Gregorio and Dawn why it’s set when those deliverables will be sent later. So I share the same email from Bob to them.

The three of them had a different interpretation that the deliverables would be shared when complete not revealed in the update meeting.

To me, to set a meeting to share updates is to show the updates. All of the updates are visible updates. Think changing Exxon’s sign from red to blue and font to cursive.

Maybe I infer differently?

I’m confident in what I hear and what my action is to be but it seems others are also confident but assume I am going to do or say something differently.

To the other PP-  If someone asks what I could do differently, I wouldn’t have anything that I would change since it’s how would have interpreted the situations.

For the person who asked about an example for responses being different to my questions - I think the best example would be of a recent situation, again working with Bob, in that I asked if there is funding for Gregorio and Dawn’s team to attend a conference. Bob went into detail about why it’s great to have team members attend conferences but not responding directly to if he has funding to send him. [/quote]

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