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What topics of conversations do you hate?

111 replies

OneUmberJoker · 15/10/2025 16:00

War
Transgenderism
Cricket

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Jade3450 · 15/10/2025 16:01

Childbirth stories. Soooo boring.

Tumbler2121 · 15/10/2025 16:01

People talking about their routine health word, if even worse talk about other people’s health!

MyHeartyCoralSnail · 15/10/2025 16:02

Corporate

celeb gossip

AbsentosaurusRex · 15/10/2025 16:04

Conversations about starsigns, or even worse, night time dreams a person has had.

Cars.

😴

Wildchild60s · 15/10/2025 16:05

When my children were little I hated talking to other Mums about our children. It always seemed to be competitive but in a polite humble brag kind of way and usually made me feel shit about my own parenting. This may have been a reflection on the friends I had at the time.

EmShire · 15/10/2025 16:06

People who moan about TV programmes they don't like/watch.

MidnightPatrol · 15/10/2025 16:06

I have a friend who loves talking to people about what drives them to succeed, and it drives me mental

HeadNorth · 15/10/2025 16:07

Star signs, dreams & immigration are conversational ‘no thanks’ for me

Member278307 · 15/10/2025 16:13

Bad health do not want to know

Tinseltrauma · 15/10/2025 16:15

Skiing and bad health

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 15/10/2025 16:15

Dreams
Health
Politics
People’s DC or pets
Friend’s friends I’ve never met.

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 15/10/2025 16:15

Oh and the big one …golf.

Comedycook · 15/10/2025 16:16

House renovations and refurbs. Unfortunately I find middle class get togethers, parties and nights out and overwhelmingly dominated by discussions about their renos. The only detail they casually miss out is where they got the 150k it cost from....and that's the only part I want to know about 😂

RedHornseaTeapot · 15/10/2025 16:19

I don’t want to talk about myself. I’d much rather talk about politics or other topics that are not about me .

PixieandMe · 15/10/2025 16:20

@YourPeppyAmberTraybake

'Friend’s friends I’ve never met.'

Absolutely. I have one lovely friend who does this. I get lost with who's who and how she knows them and what it is about their life that I must know. I know she does it about me, too to them because her friends tell me 'oh yes, Linda mentioned that' when I see them.

I wouldn't mind if she was talking about them because it fitted into a general topic of conversation that we were having but it usually doesn't!

MagicLoop · 15/10/2025 16:22

Cars
Routes to places
Anything woo
TV shows I'm not interested in (soaps, reality tv, talent show type programmes etc)

FrenchandSaunders · 15/10/2025 16:23

Health, so boring, I have to reign DH in when he gets like this.

Userengage · 15/10/2025 16:24

Dreams
Football
Celebs

SmoothCollie · 15/10/2025 16:25

People talking about social housing / benefits. I work in this area and the people who haven't a clue on how it all works are the keenest to talk about it and complain about people getting 'free houses'. I politely correct them, but I just want to tell them to get a life.

Beedeeoh · 15/10/2025 16:26

I don't like celeb gossip especially when it's bitchy.

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 15/10/2025 16:26

MagicLoop · 15/10/2025 16:22

Cars
Routes to places
Anything woo
TV shows I'm not interested in (soaps, reality tv, talent show type programmes etc)

Routes to places is a good one, it can go on for hours and hours.

strawgoh · 15/10/2025 16:26

Being in a group of smug people who are all contemptuously slagging off other people who didn't go to university like they did.

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 15/10/2025 16:27

Strictly.

GreenSmithing · 15/10/2025 16:32

Dreams
Sport
Cars
TV shows
I will talk politics with a select group of people who are reflective and non-dogmatic, but no one who has an axe to grind.
I don't mind hearing about people's families and friends

LadyHexham · 15/10/2025 16:35

Menopause