This makes me think of a conversation between my wife and daughter a while back. Daughter is angry with her BF and frustrated that he seems oblivious to that Wife: “Oh honey, no. It doesn’t work like that. If I’m mad at your dad for something I just have to tell him. If he asks if I’m OK and I say, ‘I’m fine’, he takes that at face value. He’s a very literal.” Daughter: “Ugh. Doesn’t that frustrate you?” Wife: “It was weird at first but once you get used to it it’s actually really nice. You just have to learn to talk to him.” Me: “Wait, I did something right?” Wife: “You do lots of things right babe.” Yeah, I think she likes me.