Tag: oversharing

  • Confessions of a Professional Over-sharer

    My husband, Garth (not his real name) and I recently bumped into friends of ours at the market, literally — the deli counter can be a very dangerous place, especially on a Sunday night — which, by the way, some folks consider to be a perfectly acceptable "date night" and typically a pretty good indication that these same folks also happen to be parents of older kids.

    Parental Unit #1:  I'm going to head out to the store and pick up a few things.

    Parental Unit #2:  WAIT, I'll go with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Personally, we prefer to cruise the aisles at either Lowes or Home Depot.

    Aaaaanyway, the wife and I started chatting.

    I mean, our "friend's wife".  

    I don't have a wife.

    Although, I feel it safe to say that we could ALL use an extra wife, or twenty, right about now, am I right?!?

    Soooooooo, we were chatting about our kids (because, but of course!) when her husband comes up to me and says:

    "So, you gonna blog this too?!?"

    I still truly believe it as a moment of innocent teasing.

    This is the same guy who honks his horn every time he drives past our house, several times a day and, no matter where I am or what I am doing, I holler: 

    "Heeeeeeeey, Wayne (not his real name, either!)"

    Still, I can't help but wonder:  in the age of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram, are people IRL (who also happen to be on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and/or Instagram) still a little leary about my blogging?

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