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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a mom who would not be able to talk about much in the way of TV or books. And not because I’m a martyr for busyness. I have hours of free time daily.

1) When my kid was an infant/toddler, I didn’t have the attention span to read novels. While I am back to reading, I often don’t read the book of the month or Oprah book or whatever and other people are not interested in talking about a book they haven’t or won’t read. 
2) When the pandemic hit, I rewatched old series for comfort—Golden Girls, Cheers, Roseanne. Stuff like that. I didn’t have the capacity for new TV. 
3) Too much TV agitates me, especially action or noisy shows. My kid watches TV in the afternoon, and I want nothing more than to turn it off and have something quiet to do when he’s in bed. 
4) DH and I watch something together on Saturday nights, but usually way after it’s been out for a while and others have moved on to something else. 
5) I have terrible memory for detail, so even if I finished a show or book I loved, I’d be the one saying, “the guy who wrote it was at Breadloaf I think? Or maybe won a Pushcart a while back? The guy with the glasses?” Just not a fun conversation to have.

So my default is, “oh, I’m so not up on books and TV!” Believe me, it’s not because I think I’m too busy or too highbrow. [/quote]

Why do people on here blather on about their boring lives when it has nothing to do with the OP? The OP’s friends specifically said they are too busy for TV and books. No relation to whatever dull situation you’ve got going on.[/quote]

1) Consider why you need to be so rude to a stranger online. Meditate on it. Something is lacking in your life and I hope you find it. 
2) Learn to make inferences. My whole post was about how I would say *exactly* the same thing the OP said her friends were "going on and on" about (e.g., "wow, the last time I finished a new series was 3 years ago!"), even though the reason for that has NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING BUSY, the "busy Olympics," or whatever the OP thinks the friends are trying to do/say. My post was suggesting to OP that she consider whether they are reading too much into what the friends were saying. 
3) What did you add to the discussion other than the thrill of judging someone you don't know. If you don't want to read me "blather on about [my] boring [life]" or read about "whatever dull situation [I've] got going on," then scroll on past. This is a discussion board, and you haven't added anything to the conversation. 
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