I remember a line from a Dick Francis novel from the amateur sleuth/jockey to the bad guy. He says something to the effect, "I hear nothing angers a criminal as much as being found guilty of the one thing he didn't do."

Isn't it the truth? We can be guilty of all kinds of sins, but accuse us of the one thing we didn't do, and stand by. The converse is equally true. We may do something annoying all the time (interrupting, ignoring, jumping to conclusions, whatever) but let someone else do it to us... well, it's not pretty.

I'm not really a sharer, but sometimes I do need to talk. When I'm ready to talk, I want to talk. I don't want to be interrupted or have a running commentary.

Hubby is a talker. He's an interrupter. Who hates to be interrupted. But he does recognize that about himself and is completely open to reminders and correction.

I'm a detail sharer, who wants the bottom line only when someone is sharing their details.Me + Him = (Occasional) conflict in communication. But I realize that if I want to talk about the difference between genre literature, the trade off is that I get to listen to and discuss the differences in different species of fruit flies. Or whatever.

Life is sweet - most of the time. Because of the give and take.