What is actually said, word choice, etc. should never be assumed to be 100 % indicative of the speaker’s actual motivations in asking a question or making a statement. I play dumb all the time, for a variety of reasons. The majority of those reasons have to do with making the other person comfortable and/or seeking information that would otherwise not come my way.
What is actually said, word choice, etc. should never be assumed to be 100 % indicative of the speaker’s actual motivations in asking a question or making a statement. I play dumb all the time, for a variety of reasons. The majority of those reasons have to do with making the other person comfortable and/or seeking information that would otherwise not come my way.