Try this
- Name the topic before asking whether it is available for discussion today.
- If the answer is no, choose whether to leave it alone or ask about a later practical planning point. Do not keep circling back through adjacent questions.
A worked example
“Is the move something you want to discuss tonight, or not today?”
An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.
Before you leave it here
If it is deferred, do not introduce the same subject indirectly a few minutes later.