Avoiding oversharing is so hard … a while back at an after-work dinner, after a couple of beers, people were sharing accounts of work social events that had got out of hand.
One guy had a story that his department had been labeled delinquents, after they had all got drunk and jumped in a lake … that sounded like my sort of crazy. So, I mentioned how my at-the-time girlfriend had been caught having sex with the CEO’s trophy wife at a work christmas party, which even at the time I thought was funny.
Well, that completely killed the conversation. In the past I’ve kept quiet, and then been asked why I’m not being sociable. It would appear I can’t win :-/
One is cheeky social fun with mates, the other involves multiple taboo and touchy subjects (specially in corporate spaces). Like sex and hierarchy and cheating.
Avoiding oversharing is so hard … a while back at an after-work dinner, after a couple of beers, people were sharing accounts of work social events that had got out of hand.
One guy had a story that his department had been labeled delinquents, after they had all got drunk and jumped in a lake … that sounded like my sort of crazy. So, I mentioned how my at-the-time girlfriend had been caught having sex with the CEO’s trophy wife at a work christmas party, which even at the time I thought was funny.
Well, that completely killed the conversation. In the past I’ve kept quiet, and then been asked why I’m not being sociable. It would appear I can’t win :-/
Tbf I wouldnt count those two as comparable.
Maybe it seemed so in the situation but reading it like this in a vacuum…Not equal at all.
I don’t really understand why, but ok. See, this is why socialising is difficult for me :-/
One is cheeky social fun with mates, the other involves multiple taboo and touchy subjects (specially in corporate spaces). Like sex and hierarchy and cheating.
it’s so hard to avoid it cause it doesn’t sound any wrong in our minds
That and, apparently, my idea of what’s normal is very different from most of society.