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    jrhys: A few men I've first-dated lately -who are 40ish and who I realize now are depressed and desperate - are into massive oversharing. Like not sleeping... more »
    msAnthrope: my husband is my bf/co-hort. what i've discovered from him is that i must tell "a story" before "getting to the point." apparently there are always li... more »
    PreposterousHypothesis: I think it's less about having different communication styles, or rather, and more about having a friend who will call you on your shit. My best frien... more »
    The HZA.: Sometimes it seems like oversharing info is what is needed. It seems better than leaving bits out. That's my thinking at least. more »
    Scout: I (we) accidentally over-share as the walls and floors of our apartment are wafer thin. needless to say, trying to act like nothing is happening, whil... more »
    Penny: And, does anyone have this "opposite-sex friend" relationship with their partner? more »
    Penny: I totally overshare, not about problems as much as general information. I don't really give a shit. I've been called out on it here, but never in li... more »
    BeckySharper: I'm all for oversharing if it helps women get advice, sympathy, help, or just feel less isolated. That's the whole reason any human being shares/commi... more »
    swimmingly: I have learned the hard way that when you share all your problems with everyone you do and don't know, they get blown WAY out of proportion and you en... more »
    Opti-Miss: I live in France and it amazes me how often english speakers will assume no-one understands them when they talk loudly in public (umm, this is the mos... more »
    Trulymadlyme: I will never, ever understand the whole sharing personal things about my romantic relationships with tons of people. I get it; telling your best frien... more »
    thegogglesdonothing: I think opposite-gender friends are a great thing to have, but failing that, at least get some friends that have nuanced perspectives. Especially when... more »
    southernbitch: you know what? hands down, the MALES in my group of friends are the obsessive, over-sharing, over-sensitive ones. they also tend to take longer to g... more »
    colormeroutine: Everyday I find more evidence in popular culture telling me that I am secretly a man on the inside more »
    Ailanthus-altissima: Oversharing is the plague of my generation. Between twitter, Facebook, and all the rest of those networking sites, you have the potential to air out y... more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: This is way later, but one comment has posted twice on my personal message space, and when I go to delete one or both, I get the "Are you sure" box, c... more »
    dirtybee: My avatar keeps changing EVERYDAY. I've been trying to change it for a week now, and the "right picture" never loads but two old ones keep popping up ... more »
    ellaesther: Using a Dell, with Windows XP, and the browser is Firefox 3. Problems: 1) Can't reply to comments. 2) If I go to my own comment via the link on my per... more »
    hellosunshine: Macbook running Tiger, using newest Firefox AND PC (no idea what year) running Windows 98 and IE (not sure what version, I'm sorry, it's my work compu... more »
    Stabby McStabberson: thank god! dell inspiron 1520 vista - latest version Firefox/3.0.5 firefox addons: adblock plus 1.0 ai roboform toolbar for firefox 6.9.91 tabmix pl... more »
  • #girlguytalk

    Oversharing, Undersharing, And Why People Should Have Opposite-Sex Friends

    Today's Wall Street Journal has a pretty simplistic take on how men and women talk about their relationship problems. But underneath the annoying Mars/Venus language, does the Journal have some (sort of) good advice about oversharing? More »
  • #techtalk

    Problem Child

    We've been hearing for some time that some readers are having tech issues with the site: pages not loading, browsers freezing, general slowness, problems with tabs in Firefox, etc.