Ok, try to follow me on this one...have you ever

[dolo amber]

told someone something, someone who can not under any circumstance keep a secret, in order to avoid telling someone something, knowing that the "unable to keep a secret" person would tell them for you? :crazy:

I had this happen recently...I am constantly astonished at people's wussiness. :shrug:

[some guy]

1. sort of

I once (when I was a wuss :) ) wanted to break up with a girl I was dating, but didn't know how, so I asked out her best friend, knowing she would both dcline, and tell.

:(

[HEyHEY]

3. Costanza?

[rockymountaindem]

4. Ha!

[some guy]

6. ?

is that a Seinfeld reference? Anyway, no, this was mid-1970s, so well before Seinfeld was on TV.

I was just youngish, and didn't have a good reason to brak up, but wanted to anyway. I thought it might be less painful for her, if I gave her a reason to break up with me. It probably wasn't. :(

[HEyHEY]

8. It's just something George would do

[SOteric]

2. Now wait.

Which one were you: 'Can't keep a secret,' 'Avoider Extraordinare,' or Astonished informee?

And no, not to my knowledge. Though I do know just who to leak things to in our department if I find it valuable for word to get around without the pesky business of official announcements.

[dolo amber]

9. I was actually "Eye-rolling informee"

It couldn't have been more obvious if the informant was poked full of Lite-Brite bulbs. :eyes:

[Little Wing]

12. !

[dolo amber]

13. Just like that!!

:D

[GirlinContempt]

5. Huh?

[dolo amber]

10. Yeah.

:D :hi:

[Omphaloskepsis]

7. Yes.. I have done that.

It never ended well.

[dolo amber]

11. I think everyone may have done that accidentally

But the forethought and intent...I mean, wtf? :shrug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

14. It was my intent..

Break-up via proxy.

[Parche]

15. Secret

HUH????

Can you say that in english Professor????

[Left Is Write]

16. No, but at least I understood your post.

[dolo amber]

17. And that's why

:yourock: :D

[Blue-Jay]

18. Can you parse that sentence?

It made my eyes cross and might yet result in a bowel obstruction.

[dolo amber]

19. Your face is a bowel obstruction

x(

And no, not really. You know me. You know my limitations with words. If I could fucking grunt to communicate I would. That's the best I can do. :shrug:

See if this helps: Estranged Mom needed to tell me something. Estranged mom told Bigmouth Sister as opposed to just telling me, KNOWING Bigmouth Sister would thusly blab to me. Bigmouth Sister told me. D goes :eyes:. Thus, Estranged Mom is even further lame.