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Originally Posted by BeteNoire
There is an actual psychological term for not being able to directly answer a question or talking in a round about manner. I can't remember what it is though and now it's doing my head in lol
My conversations tend to consist of: "Was that fire engine red?"
"It came from that direction."
"That's nice but that isn't what I asked you."
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I've known people like that too although I think it's a bit different from my starting example. Maybe the subtext of the original conversation is:
SHE: <honestly asking a question>
HE: <I am taking the TOPIC of your question and asserting what should happen as related to that topic>
The one above is maybe
Person 1: <honestly asking a question>
Person 2: <I don't want to answer that directly>
I've known people who are like that to a maddening extent no matter how simple the question is and no matter how nice and gently you ask. If you say "can we meet at 2pm?" they will not say yes and they will not say no. It seems pathological and I strongly suspect that person 2 is unaware that they are evasive about any question no matter how simple.
Let us know if you think of that psychological term.
- vital