If You Know What 2+2? Then I expect 2+2+2?

If you know 2+2, I unconsciously expect you to understand 2+2+2. Not because I overestimate your intelligence but because expectations grow from what you already know. Same with emotions. Once you show me how little you understand them, I slowly stop expecting you to. Not because I feel less but because I realise that no matter how deeply I feel, you can only understand as much as you know.

& the mistake was expecting emotional intelligence to grow as naturally as numbers do.