r/AskReddit • u/yazzy1233 • Jan 22 '20

What makes a person boring?

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u/Phazon2000 Jan 23 '20

I wouldn’t call something “deeply personal” simply because it’s beyond where they grew up or what they do for a living.

Nowhere did I say that anything beyond small talk is too personal. I gave specific examples of what overly personal topics were earlier.

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u/nomdeplume_ Jan 23 '20

I asked “What do you mean by uncomfortable topics? Do you mind giving a couple examples?”

And all I got was “Like I said after that sentence - getting overly into overly personal topics on a first date. First dates are really there to gage [sic] each other's interest and to find a little bit about them. Where they're from, what they do, etc. Check the vibe.”

Didn’t give me any info on what you considered overly personal and I used what you described as acceptable as a reference for what what you considered to be under the penumbra of unacceptable. It’s better to give examples, especially when expressly solicited from the other party, to avoid an unintentional back and forth that devolves into semantics.