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I answered yes, and I attached a condition: I&#8217;d need his help. Neither of us hinted, tested the water, or waited to see who would bring it up first. Then Pat said what the answer meant, &#8220;we&#8217;re doing it then,&#8221; so we both knew where we stood before the call ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is not a love story, and I&#8217;m not going to pretend a business call is a first date. But the shape of it stuck with me: a direct question, an honest answer with its terms attached, and a line that says what the two of you have now agreed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saying no out loud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we were building the site, I was a young, non-tenured teacher with a full day job. I turned down two coaching opportunities, including a varsity boys basketball head coaching job, and an invitation to teach a higher-level curriculum. My line was &#8220;Sorry boss, I have other work to do.&#8221; I&#8217;m not going to tell you how those conversations went, because I don&#8217;t have notes on that, and I won&#8217;t invent a scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What I can say is that a clear no was part of the plan. If I hadn&#8217;t said it, I&#8217;d have been saying a quiet yes to things I couldn&#8217;t actually do, and that tends to end with everybody disappointed. A no is information. It lets the other person decide what to do next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Roles and timelines, on the table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 2012 Pat was back in Woodstock, and we met in person every week, sometimes three or four days in a row, at coffee shops. A lot of that time went to hammering out roles, timelines, and projections. Talking through who does what and by when is not romantic. 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