I have only one possible response to this: No. Why? I've long ago learned that 'why?' is the most aggressive question. 'Why?' makes people defensive. 'Why?' is

I have only one possible response to this: No. Why? I've long ago learned that 'why?' is the most aggressive question. 'Why?' makes people defensive. 'Why?' is the start of an argument, where the other side is just 'why not?'. It's not going to help move anything forwards. Try 'Yes, and..'. Try 'How about?'. Try 'I don't know'. Try 'Why don't we try?'. And try 'Can you show me?'