> For instance I was on a long haul flight earlier this year, and my neighbour told me everything about her divorce. Like a kind of therapy.

this gets old fast, it's like being emotionally vomited on.

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titanomachy 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Only if the person is unable to tell if you’re actually engaged or just humoring them. Most people are actually pretty good at reading social cues.

	▲	m463 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		sometimes. I remember talking to a doctor once (in a social situation). We were talking about non doctor things and he mentioned that most people find out he's a doctor and start talking about medical issues. I think this happens to some people (doctors, lawyers, police). And to a smaller extent it happens to all of us (sometimes). Older people might talk about divorce, or their operations, or their kids.

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andruby 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's a very negative reaction.

I enjoy helping others, and I like hearing someone's life story. Not everyone needs to like that though, people are different.

Hearing the same story from the same person can be very tiring and I have family members like that, but with strangers it's a different person, different context, different story.

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the13 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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