I prefer the question, "Are you extremely literal in your words?"


I tend to say EXACTLY what I mean. And people tell me that I play word games when they misunderstand me!


ex: My friend snapped on me when I told him "I'm thinking we should reschedule our date" when obstacles popped up on both sides. He thought I was cancelling on him when I was only opening the option up for discussion since we both had some complications. If I had said "Well, we're just going to have meet for lunch another time" then that would have been me cancelling the date.

The key words were "I'm thinking."

Another thing.... it bugs me to no end when people don't say what exactly what they mean. My grandmother uses the word "maybe" a lot. "Grandma, do you want me to bring you dinner?" "Maybe." Ambiguous as hell. I used to take it as a "maybe" and do nothing. Now I've come to determine that she uses "maybe" to say "yes."

And you?