I had the most unpleasant experience of getting the inside scoop on a few things this weekend that I really could have done without. I know you've all experienced it once or twice (maybe more if you are "lucky" like me)... people offering a little more detail to a story or statement than was needed. At the most basic level, it just boring to have to listen to that kind of jabber. But on a very profoundly disturbing level, sometimes the information was enough to make a stomach turn.

I experienced both levels in one unfortunate conversation this weekend. I shouldn't really say conversation since I was being talked AT for the most part. The talker was a older man - probably in his 50s - with a little talking-with-his-mouth-full problem that was grossing me out for starters. I was trying to follow him and pretend to be interested as he rambled on and on... and on. I could only catch a few words here and there because the place I was in was loud. Then, he dropped the bomb -  incidentally that only full sentence that came through loud and clear. He told me about the great sex he had been having with the woman next to him at the bar. No biggie, at face value, although certainly none of my business. But, this woman was easily 90 years old. I immediately had regrets about even getting caught in this talking session. My mind flickered with disgusting images and my face wrinkled up the way it does when I've eaten something rotten. He didn't notice. Figures.

Long story short, nobody wants to hear that stuff. Keep the intimate details to yourself or among close friends. It's just not cool.

- Judianne