Fair enough: Plainly speaking, your assertion didn't help, since you put in my mouth words (or rather, meaning) I didn't say. That is not conducive to producti

Fair enough: Plainly speaking, your assertion didn't help, since you put in my mouth words (or rather, meaning) I didn't say. That is not conducive to productive conversation. My suggestion: next time instead of claiming what the other person meant, ask them what they mean. That way I think you will truly have "more success". Does this sound acceptable to you? If it doesn't, I don't think we can continue having any kind of meaningful conversation. I do understand that psychologically speaking, at this point it will be hard for you to back down or make any concessions. Note how you didn't even apologize for your mistaken claim, nor even acknowledge when I called you out on it explicitly. Fight this urge to be stubborn.