I don’t get dinner started without consulting with my wife about what she wants. Why, well because she’s having dinner too and I don’t want to go through the trouble of making steak if she wants tacos. It’s important that whoever your go to person is whether it’s a spouse, a parent, a child, whoever it is with you in the process. I always request that all the people that are involved with the project meet and speak with me together. This way you don’t decide on things only to find out that your significant other wants something completely different. It’s also for me to get questions from everyone involved because different people have different needs. I am embarrassed to tell you that I thought my wife had OCD about moving the soap to the right hand side of the sink. It was only until a client asked me to move an outlet away from the sink because she doesn’t want the hair dryer cord in the sink. Only then did I realize my wife was moving the soap because of the hair dryer. I now never put outlets by sinks but if you are someone who doesn’t blow dry their hair it’s hard to identify that problem.