It looked to me like he was rushing things beyond reason.
"We're going to work very hard not to rush things."
In this case, however, the two sides have rushed things a bit.
I'm sorry you weren't in town to pick your own company, but we had to rush things.
No sense in rushing things, and she wanted to get him on her side.
But I told him not to try to rush things.
He gave her more time, careful not to rush things.
But I've got to be careful not to rush things.
As always its tough to try and fit everything in that we want to see while not rushing things too much.
And indeed, her husband may have preferred not to rush things.