One thing ‘straight shooters’ including me can overlook is that the listener isn’t in your head, and there are usually multiple interpretations of what someone

One thing ‘straight shooters’ including me can overlook is that the listener isn’t in your head, and there are usually multiple interpretations of what someone says. Especially when you factor in what might be implied by what you said. Or what different implications a person might take away from what you said than what you meant, because their context or assumptions are different. One aspect of being kind (which I am working on) is trying to imagine different ways a simple, matter of fact, direct statement could be interpreted given everything the other person brings to the conversation.