You can't "un-do" knowledge...

Most of the time...that's a good thing --howevvvver --

This past weekend I was talking with an acquaintance and this person says, "Oh, did you hear about so-and-so and blahdee-blah-blah-blah..." There was not a pleasant type of sharing happening.

I'm like, "ARRRGH, NO! And I don't want to!"

I don't like gossip. I define gossip as talking about someone, without them there, in regard to something they would find embarrassing. It feels invasive to hear. Plus the person in the matter involved has no input. Smells cruel to me.

The acquaintance felt the sharing hurt no one because the person wasn't there to be embarrassed.

So I go, "But they are being embarrassed by proxy!"

Blank stare back at me.

Yeesh.