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A co-worker and I have become friends over the years. She lost her mother when she was quite young and was raised by her dad. I am several years older than she is and I am her "stand-in" mom so I am somewhere between friend and mom.

She is what I would call and "over sharer" which has come back to bite her in her professional and personal life. Recently she has posted a lot on FB about some serious health issues of her senior dog. Her many friends have offered conflicting advice and she is upset because she is trying to sort out all this advice, figure out what to do, and how to afford it. Most of the advice - givers are also co-workers so they stop her in the hall to follow up to see if she what she is doing about her dog. They all have the dog's best interest at heart but she just keeps getting more and more upset and frantic as she tries to deal with her dog because he isn't getting better.

How do I nicely and gently tell her that she is over-sh...See More
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Doesn't sound like oversharing to me My definition of oversharing requires using your real name on social media where people actually know you. Intimate details of relationships, etc. is oversharing. Equally inappropriate is the person who posts "Pray for me" and then no details, or "I don't think I can take anymore" and then disappears. To me sharing things about ...See More
Dec 26, 2016
AM Oversharing to me seems to away be the person who feels it is oversharing is judging based on what they would do. They would not share that info so the person who is, is oversharing.

Some people are just more comfortable putting more out there.

For me oversharing would be something like discussing your sex life with everyone. <...See More
Dec 26, 2016
Judy2/CA I don't think sharing info about her pet with her FB friends is oversharing. If they are responding to her comments then it's out of concern for her. Maybe sharing her concerns is just her way of working through the pet problem and coming to a decision about his care.

12/26/16, A friend wrote: > A co-worker and I have become friends o...See More
Dec 26, 2016
Jme I wouldn't say anything to her about over sharing because, based on what you have shared here, I don't see evidence that she has been.

I might ask for suggestions about an ailing pet, but that wouldn't oblige me to report back to everyone about whether I followed their advice. It would be nice to thank everyone for their suggestions and g...See More
Dec 27, 2016
This is oversharing... I took a poop at 6:03 this morning. Ate too much Mexican the night before so this was a three flush event. So nasty, I had to take a shower. But I felt clean as a whistle inside.

I wore my pink lace undies to work cause I was feeling se xy. Regretted it after about an hour as they were scratchy and Miss Kitty needed a bit of scratching. <...See More
Dec 27, 2016


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