Let’s grab lunch?  Wanna get a beer?  C’mon, man, I miss you.

“I can’t, man.  This project is really consuming me.”

Oh, okay.  You’ve been working on the project for a year now.  Can’t wait to see what you created.

“Dude, it’s IT consulting.  We work with huge companies on big teams, day and night.  So, we obviously create stuff, but not sure what I’d show you.”

Oh.  That does sound consuming.