This is a non-issue but it has got me pondering about how we can speak the same language but have such different understandings of what's been said.
Last night I was doing a DIY job and told DH I had almost finished but needed his help to complete it. I could see he was in the middle of something and thought he would come to help me when he had finished doing what he was doing.
I went back to him half an hour later and directly asked "can you please help me with X?" and he immediately came to help.
Out of curiosity I asked whether I had already asked him to help and he confirmed that he had heard me earlier but I hadn't asked for help - which was technically correct.
He wasn't being difficult and neither of us are neuro diverse. Similar differences in interpetation have happened before and it's got me curious.
Would you have taken my first statement as an ask for help?