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Re: "Failure to ask" (was: Wronged? Opinions please.)


Barry Margolin:
> Finally, just one last comment: I think you may be expecting too much 
> when you expect posters to appreciate these fine nuances of language. 
> This is an informal medium, people write stream of consciousness.

True.
 
> The basic point is that not asking is surprising in this situation, and 
> that results in UI.

Well, that depends on your partner's habits.  However, whether it's
surprising or not, the *fact* that partner didn't ask is UI.
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