So I start responding to what they've written, and they're like, "Okay, but that's not what I meant." And I'm like, "Yes, but it's what you said." And they're like, "Well, I didn't know that by saying it like that you would take it to mean xxxx." And I'm like, "Well I took it to mean xxxx because that is exactly the meaning of what you said!" And on and on it goes.

I feel like that's happening to me right now.

Yay that at least you haven't failed to care and nurture your cultures! You were just obsessively cleaning them, like many new moms might.