One person automatically expects to be appreciated by others while her companion automatically expects to be ignored. Fortunately, the world exists independently of our convictions and some people may listen to us despite our disbelief. Other people have their independently crafted stories, and they may refuse to accept a role we scripted without their knowledge. The unexpected does happen. Our first stories stay with us forever.
Stories have consequences.
If we get the chance to inspect this story, we should use every creative, psychological, or editorial skill we possess to adjust or even hammer the familiar narrative line. With grace or luck, an emotional shock, the inspiration of a stranger, the effect of art, or another person's convincing respect will reveal a point outside of our first stories, a point to mark the beginning of a new story.