To hate which topics you hate being bought up in mixed company and why?

[EvadingEvaline]

Intended to be light hearted! Some are obvious like politics - what other things secretly make you roll your eyes when they're bought up at say, a dinner party? I hate hearing detailed descriptions of people's holidays lol. I like to hear if somewhere is nice but not a whole two week itinerary! I think my friends husband wants to tell me shut up already when I talk about pilates lol, what are yours?

The covid years and veganism. I usually try to make a quick exit or change the topic.

I think we need a thread about what is ok and interesting to talk about! I'm a guilty of a few of these

Their work. People they know at work and their ways. I don't work there, don't care, don't know your colleagues.

Omg yes I forgot this one. Without fail if a driving test is mentioned everyone will insist on boring you to death on how they passed theirs.

Unless you have an hilarious and unique story please just stay quiet.

Oh God yeah house extensions and flipping house prices.

Actually I think it’s more to do with the person. My closest friends can be interesting on any topic because they are just good at telling a story or expressing an opinion.

My issue is repetition, I don’t care how good a story it is, if you told me it last time we met, please remember that and do not tell me again!

Conspiracy theorists, I always find the sort of people that love a conspiracy theory hate that they can't convince you to agree with them. In particular Madeline McCann, nobody knows what happened to that poor girl but so many people are convinced they've got it figured out, same with 9/11.

About their holiday when they met Jon snd jane from Milton Keynes who were hilarious. Bla bla.....

I don't understand "mixed company" in the context of this thread. Surely none of these topics are objectionable among friends whom you presumably like the company of? So... if not friends why are you all spending so much time having tedious conversations with people you don't like? If it's at work and the small talk is duller than usual, just tune it out?

Anti vaxxing or any other conspiracy theories
Football
Hair and makeup
Allergies - I know a couple of people who talk endlessly about their allergies every single time I see them. It's so boring

yup this drives me potty too.
Bonus groaning if
a) it feels like they’re compliment fishing (promise that I truly don’t notice and definitely don’t care about the weight loss / gain)
b) they’re a lot less fit than you and they’re holding forth like the messiah on the ‘way’
c) they’re complaining about how little they eat / their metabolic disorder while eating thirds of pudding.

LET ME EAT MY PIE IN PEACE BRENDA

Ailments, don't want to know
Gluten free blah

Working mums banging on about hard they have it.
Teachers about hard it is to go a full six weeks without a week off.
My minted boss about how skint he is.

I will engage happily in pretty much any non-aggressive or upsetting conversation. Will talk about: kids, pets, (limited) holiday talk, same with school talk, politics, medicine, food, exercise, diets (dull, but i will shut it down quickly) and so forth... But I get boiling rage listening to people tell really long stories where they do what PPs have mentioned: pointless details, peoples names I don't know/care about, taking forever to tell the story and monopolising conversation.

^ This definitely stems from DM behaviour 😆

I’m not too fussed what the actual topic is but ffs keep it light and don’t go into long boring monologues about the minutiae. Keep it to bullet points and deliver it like the best stand up routine you can deliver.

I’m in my 50s and jeez, the amount of people that become miserable self obsessed bores with bitter grudges over nothing is unreal. It’s a dinner party - grow up, have a bloody drink and chill the fuck out.

That depends on who I'm talking to. Today I spent quite a long time talking about horror films and TV series. Yesterday I was talking to someone about the American election.

Usually people's interests, news and events.

When a colleague chats shit about her neighbours auntie's daughters best friend who's cat is in a cattery while said neighbours aunties daughters best friend is on holiday. Don't fucking care love.

Or best one when she says 'I had an amazing dream last night, it involved me (of course), my daughter, a skunk and taylor swift! You never guess what I did...' hang on, let me just gouge my eyes out, one moment....yawn 😴

Reality tv, if I wanted to watch or follow it I would. I don't need a running commentary.

Honestly I think most things are ok to talk about. It’s more about people reading the room and realising that other people want to move the conversation on or aren’t really interested, which is just a social skill and generally if you ask the other person some questions you’ll get some pretty clear indicators

eg you’re talking about your dog and say “ do you have any pets?”

if the person says “ no tbh I’m not a big animal lover” that’s a completely different cue to if they say “ yea I’ve got six working spaniels and four cats”

Soap operas. I don't watch any but my (otherwise great company) auntie does-ooh did you see Coronation St? Me- no I don't watch any soaps (for 100th time). Her- well you know?? He's married to ?? Well he used to be married to ??, you know, you remember, he was?? in Emmerdale........

I end up agreeing to get her to stop!

Things you never discuss in polite company:

1. Money: Banging on about how much money you earn - £60k + (Unless your giving it away to us - nobody gives a fxuk)
2. Politics: If you start any conversion about immigrant invasions or how Gaza deserves Genocide. (You are a psychopath)
3. Religion: Either how much you hate Muslims, or Catholics or Evangelicals.
4. Bullshitting: Normally about how great, smart, cool and straight you are. Especially when people know your full of it.

If you are going to I discuss such topics do so with Social awareness, emotional intelligence.

Grandchildren is worse than kids I reckon. Millions of photos and endless tales of the cute and clever things they say- to me they sound like cheeky little brats!

Have I understood this correctly

you get annoyed when people ask how you are? That can't be a long conversation surely?

I get annoyed by people talking about how much they loved lockdown. I was at an event last week where someone was going on about how she's still angry at people who jogged and I initially thought she was joking.

not thrilled with politics either.

Where and when they last got pissed (adults with children, not uni students ffs).
Complaining about how useless their husband is (I just think, well, tell him then and sort it out!2 It sounds awful.)