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Love and Sex
1 A Case of Too Much Information
Pregnancy
2 Where Do You Stand? Admitting Your Pregnancy Was a Surprise
Love and Sex
3 Do Tell: What's the Most Inappropriate Thing Someone Has Told You?
Advice
4 Awkward! My Friend Keeps Oversharing Her Sex Life
Dating
5 Is Confessing Past Dating Indiscretions Honest or Selfish?
community
6 Your TMI Bus Stories
I check Twitter several times a day (you could call me an addict), and I see a multitude of tweets that should have gone, well, untweeted. If you're an avid user of the microblogging site, you probably already know what is and isn't appropriate to tweet, but just in case you need a refresher, here're four things you should think twice about posting to your stream. That you're looking for a new Read more
Yesterday on a very quiet bus to work a girl was talking to her mom on her cell. The topic of conversation? How her dad has been cheating on her mom for three years, resulting in a very awkward bus ride for the rest of us. I asked you for your TMI bus stories, and you delivered with some crazy public-transit tales! Read them below, and if you have one to add feel free to share it in Read more
When I do something wrong or embarrassing, no matter how big or small, I tell someone. It's usually something I've done while alone or to no one I know, so it's not a confession per se, but it's always about me unburdening myself. I want to hear "Oh, I've done that," or someone to just laugh it off with. It's why our weekly Sunday Confessional is so popular: saying (or writing) our misdeeds Read more
Sometimes mom information is more than a person can bear. While the graphic details of a c-section infection is water cooler conversation for one woman, it might make another lady's stomach turn. Depending on the parents involved, kid chatter can go from tub toys and tattling to homework issues and head lice in a matter of minutes. And that's appropriate when both parties are willing, but what Read more
You already know that I am not a fan of Twitter TMI. It's not that I don't like you and want to know what you're up to, but some things are better said IRL. And some things, well, they're better left unsaid. Celebrities are definitely not immune to oversharing their business on Twitter. Trust me, it is never OK to broadcast a pic of your wife's backside to the Twitterverse — ahem, Read more
I suppose this makes sense: a UK-based price comparison website predicted that homeowners insurance rates could rise up to ten percent thanks to the popularity and use of location-based services like Twitter and Facebook. I've already suspected that Foursquare could equal overshare thanks to the "check-ins" that let everyone know where you are (or where you're not: home), and insurance companies Read more
We've all had our Twitter TMI moments and online slipups — you'll know it by that instant feeling of regret after you hit "submit"— but at least you aren't a celebrity with millions of eyeballs watching your every move. Or maybe you are? Either way, celebs aren't immune from sending out tweets that would have been better served as a journal entry in the privacy of their own homes. Check out Read more
Confession time: I'm kind of a sucker for Ryan Reynolds, and Just Friends is one of my guilty pleasure movies. So imagine my excitement about this morning's news that Reynolds is teaming up with Anna Faris once again for the upcoming comedy TMI. They'll play a couple who learns that "while honesty is the best policy for a relationship, 'too much information' might not be the best thing." It Read more
Thanks to a reader with an issue (sorry, reader!), we have an awkward scenario requiring your advice. (Have some awkward tales of your own? Join our Awkward! group to get etiquette advice from other readers — that's where we got this gem!) "I have this really good friend. I love her to death, but she tends to overshare with me, and it's pretty uncomfortable at times. Every time she has sex, I Read more
It's easy to get comfortable at work — logging long hours with your co-workers during company retreats and office happy hours can blur the lines between business hours and social hour. But when it comes to sharing personal anecdotes, too much can affect the way you're perceived at the office. In some cases, sharing stories can bring you closer to your co-workers in a good way. Talking sports Read more
