I don't believe in taboo. If you have a secret that you do not want public, then you probably are ashamed of it. Shame is for the weak of heart.

agree on Jemd - i.e. i talk abt EVERYTHING - and help people with issues - i.e. advice - as long as i can - i.e. have made my experiences... if i do not know - i admit -
There is JUST one thing: i will NEVER talk what i do with my sweetheart in bed - that is my own private taboo...

put your cards on the table and let it out. If the other person can't handle it- too bad. I am who I am and think as I do.
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"I will marshal all the forces of darkness to hound you to an assisted suicide." - In the Loop

Interesting... I use my discretion depending on who I'm with. My best friend knows everything, but I definitely don't feel I need to broadcast to the world who I've slept with, or what I did in bed last night, or how my trip to the bathroom went this morning.

I don't think there's much of anything taboo online. I'll say whatever if I feel like it, but I'm pretty much anonymous here. I guess in some cases I should still be discreet. How many people's Facebook pages have come back to bite them in the butt?

I am constantly amazed at the quantity of public conversations, sometimes spoken loudly over a cell phone close to me, that are what I would call private or intimate. I was at a restaurant when my friend went to the loo and at the next table I couldn't help but here a shocking scenario which I would rather not have heard/ When he came back, I said that I had heard a conversation starter that I was sure I would never be able to use and never expected to hear. When he asked what that was, I replied, "I just spent the whole morning trying to explain to my parole officer...."
Of course when I snuck a peek at the woman speaking, expecting to see a weathered soul of a woman with a cigarette hanging our of her mouth, heavily tattooed wearing dumpy clothes and heavily spiked hair, I was shocked that she was a nicely dressed woman in her mid twenties. I don't care what the issue was, but she could keep it private for heaven's sake!
I am also tired of feminine hygiene products being explained in every ad on tv. My bf knows more about them than I do!! "Did you ever think of trying Yaz?" he knows better than to mention my ill humor...and those three letters I won't mention because I would kill him. Hmmm! Maybe he's right after all!

cell phone conversations never cease to amaze me. my favorite was a man discussing with i guess his partner what the doctor had just informed him and what they BOTH needed to do about it. 2nd favorite was the women having a fight with her daughter on a late night night bus and she got annoyed when everyone put in their 2¢ because it was a "private" call. She was told if it was private how did the whole bus hear it.
Can you hear me now?
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"I will marshal all the forces of darkness to hound you to an assisted suicide." - In the Loop

Never even thought about cell phones and peoples conversation, good one!

Talking about people you slept with is a betrayal of a trust, unless you know for absolute damn sure the partner has no objection.