shaky44, on 2020-September-30, 04:34, said:
I've always assumed that when I am explaining my own bid online, that I am explaining what the bid means, not what my partner thinks it means. Is that incorrect?
Ideally they should be the same thing. If you don't agree, then it's not really an "agreement", and you shouldn't explain it as such.
Of course, it's always possible to be mistaken about whether you actually have an agreement. But if you know that you don't have an agreement, you shouldn't explain it as if you do. Unfortunately, many players don't understand these subtleties, and will not believe a "no agreement" explanation.
Where things become tricky is when it comes to implicit agreements.