Flip the story, George loses his job chance. She probes further. If she says, I know how you feel he might see this as changing the talk to about her. The Point of the Story n Men tend to tell a story in a linear fashion with bare details. Women see this as bare and leaving out interesing details.
Women tend to tell a story with more details and less linear storytelling.
Men are inclined to think a relationship is going fine as long as there is no need to talk about it. Talk about it when there is a problem to discuss. Men tend to use talk to achieve a goal or fix a problem. Women generally think a relationship is working well as long as they can talk about it with partners. Talk builds a relationship.