Why is work life so different from home life?  I can't be the only one who notices this and ponders it; can I?

I have worked my way up from entry level positions to a middle management level, so I've proven over time that I can make the right decisions to get the job done and I believe that I have exceptional people skills--at work.

Why don't those people skills from work carry over to home?  Whenever I try to have a conversation at home and I accidently throw in a "business" word, such as; mediate or active listening, I get told that I'm not supposed to use those words at home.  WHY?  They work well when discussing issues at work. 

People tend to accept the fact that there are words that encourage good dialogue (another business word) when at work, but don't want to dialogue at home.  They want to talk, discuss, tell, yell or shout, but they don't want to dialogue.  Personally, I think some dialogue might make home life a little easier and I'm certain that there are families out there right now who are happily engaged in dialogue as a normal part of life, my home just isn't one of them.

I'm not saying that I need to be the boss at home.  I don't even consider myself the boss at work, though technically I am.  I just enjoy using good solid conversation and listening skills when I am working with people in the workplace.  I try to do that at home too, but for some reason the passion level changes in a household and suddenly good listening and open conversation falls by the wayside.

You know what?  I don't think I would have it any other way.  It's easy to say that I want everything at home to go as smoothly as at work, but I'm not sure that that would be any fun at all.  I don't want to live in a business environment all the time, nor do I want to live in a home environment all the time.  This is why I'm glad that I have a place to call work and a place to call home.  I don't think I would be cut out for the "home office" set up that others seem to enjoy.