Tim stood in the foyer of a crowded restaurant watching the lunch crowd pour in—no sign of Julie. In a restaurant several miles away, Julie stood in the crowded foyer peering at the door—waiting for Tim.
When Jackie said to her husband, “It’s awful here! You’re never in this house—I’m here alone all day and night!” Carl heard her say that she hates the house he built. What Jackie meant to communicate was that she likes the house be built, but wants him to spend more time in it with her.
When Emily’s husband withdraws, she pushes and nags at him to open up. He then withdraws more. Eventually, they both lose their tempers. She begins yelling, and he leaves the house to join his buddies at the bar.
