Are you an akser or a Guesser?

[Deebs]

I hate the passive-aggressive asker. Over the weekend I got this text from my ex: "What time are you picking up the kids?"

I heaved a big sigh. I was hoping he'd drop them off when he was done, but I knew I wouldn't be getting that, and chose not to argue about it with him.

So then I texted back, "What time do you want them picked up?"

He sent back "7".

I sent back "K".

Why could he not just have asked that in the first place? Like, "Could you please pick the kids up at 7:00?" Just to annoy me? Good job!

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Deebs

I hate the passive-aggressive asker. Over the weekend I got this text from my ex: "What time are you picking up the kids?"

I heaved a big sigh. I was hoping he'd drop them off when he was done, but I knew I wouldn't be getting that, and chose not to argue about it with him.

So then I texted back, "What time do you want them picked up?"

He sent back "7".

I sent back "K".

Why could he not just have asked that in the first place? Like, "Could you please pick the kids up at 7:00?" Just to annoy me? Good job!

Because he's not an akser, he's a guesser and that's what guessers do.
The gist of the article is that they don't do it to piss off askers it's just the way they do things.