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

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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?

When someone says they were watching such and such tv show/soap last night and ask if you watch it. You say no, and they suddenly start telling you what happened with x y and z in the latest episode.

When I had hyperemesis, it was food. I was amazed (and disgusted) by how often the subject came up.

Oh god yes this...infuriating!

Asking people what they do for job. Very dull and I'm just not interested in talking about it or hearing about it.

Anything whatsoever to do with Covid. I can tolerate anything else under the sun.

Oh god yes it is so dull. And they have never actually manifested anything themselves either, they just think they might in the future.

The Manifesting A Husband ones are the worst - it is like being trapped in a lift with the “Looking for a man in finance, 6’5, trust fund, blue eyes” woman.

Politics and blow by blow accounts of films/tv series they’ve watched but you haven’t, because you’ve no interest in it

When people talk and talk about something they know nothing about. It could be something you are a specialist in and they still insist on talking at you about it.

House prices, usually by some smug idiot who bought with the help of mum and dad in the early 2000s and can't figure out why anyone else isn't so lucky.

Came on to say politics

Ugh

Haha, you just reminded me of a woman I used to go to for facials… she was honestly the best I’ve ever found, my skin looked amazing but I had to stop seeing her because of her TV/film chat! I would say, politely, “ah I’m not into sci-fi” and she would go on (and on and on) about whatever sci-fi film or tv series she’d just seen. And she was obsessed with Peaky Blinders. I said “yeah, I’ve seen it, but didn’t continue, not really my thing”, but she’d ignore me and tell me all about it anyway. I was seeing her regularly and I cancelled one day when I realised I’d rather go to the dentist than see her - was such a relief!

Immigrants. People who are racist/ borderline racist seem to find a way to slip immigrants into the most innocuous unrelated conversation. It happens all the bloody time these days and then I then I have to speak up and the conversation becomes difficult.
I am very happy to have a debate in the right circumstances but when it is simply a fleeting contact like somebody I don’t know and will never meet again delivering my groceries my heart sinks because I will probably achieve nothing except stressing myself out but I can’t let it slide.

I always mentally switch off around fitness/diet bores (runners and cyclists are especially tedious). No one cares about your macros.

My Room 101 (ages self immediately) conversation topics other than that are anything to do with medical issues, sport and long-winded minutiae about people I don’t know, includes celebrities.

I love talking about politics, ethics, current affairs, food, travel, feminism, kids, education, environmental issues, urban planning and city design (my nerd subject), music, homes, arts, film, history…so there’s plenty left!

Their dog. I’m not interested.

All this makes me very happy to be a loner 😂😂😂😂

Hzve you ever tried avoiding the Xmas conversation in any company at this time of year

Actual feminism yes modern day rubbish spouting feminism ie barbie movie is such a wzy forward for feminism me two movements so good for feminism men dont get feminism etc no go do your research

Finances. I work for a small financial firm & a lot of family & people I mix with are clients. As soon as they start I have to claim up so I don't let anything slip.

The hardest part is when people are talking about others' finances & are way off the mark. Like DM banging on about how brilliant & well off DB is & how poor DH & I are in comparison. I nearly choked because it's literally the opposite..... But can't say anything!

Pet bores are definitely up there. The odd comment or a quickly-flashed photo on their phone is fine, but when they blether on about their cat doing mundane cat things and show you endless pictures - expecting an enthusiastic reaction to each one - when it's just sitting there on a chair or something; it's not like it's riding a tiny motorbike up a steep ramp and through a blazing hoop of fire!!

People who wang on and on about topics like Trump, the Conservatives, Brexit etc. - obviously controversial topics; but when they go on fervently with the apparent assumption that those who disagree with them must be a tiny minority of fringe extremists - even when many millions or even half (or more) of the country in question voted for it.

I absolutely love talking about all 3 of my labours. I'm sure this is a major hate from many people ( of course, those TTC) 😔 I hate people talking incessantly about themselves, their kids and not once do they ask you... what do you and what do your children do. Why do some people think others are interested in their lives.

Birth stories!! Nobody cares. This is worse than pet talk.

DH complains when I do this very thing🤣

I have a disability, very clear to see, it’s not rocket science.
When people drone on about benefit cheats and disability fraudsters, which are 99 per cent of those who claim by the way, when I interrupt I get the same answer EVERY TIME….
Oh I didn’t mean you! You are a very honest and deserving person. I just mean all of the others.
It drives me NUTS!

Airfryers.

I’m far too old for new feminism and the Barbie film was bunk.