I want, I want, follow-up

And now I realize why we can't say what we want. Because what we want is totally unreasonable. We make demands of other people, and it is just unreasonable and impossible for those demands to be fulfilled the way we want. In an attempt to hedge our bets we play passive-aggressive games, and hope that in a charitable mood someone will offer what we want. And it is still a lose-lose-lose.