Discuss a time you overheard part of a conversation, or walked in partway through, and assumed it was about something completely different (or a time someone else overheard you say something and thought is was about something different). How did you/they find out the truth? What haddpened as a result of the misunderstanding?
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chloe
1/25/2023 09:05:48 am
One time, my best friend and I were talking about my poor life choices (not important to this story). And she goes, “Well, this is a hill that I’m willing to die on!” And I replied with “Then die”
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Megan Aiello
1/25/2023 09:07:49 am
These situations are always kinda akward and not what they seem lol.
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Carson
1/25/2023 09:07:53 am
I am sorry to hear that Chloe. When you told her to die, did you look her SQUARE in the eye?
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chloe
1/25/2023 09:09:06 am
I did, and it was a very aggressive conversation
chloe
1/25/2023 09:10:03 am
(traitor)
Carson
1/25/2023 09:12:37 am
I had to do it for the vine my guy, that was the POINT...
Brylee Ganske
1/25/2023 09:11:20 am
That would be really awkward and concerning to overhear. I would probably be very confused and would have asked her at a later time if you guys were fighting or something.
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Kennedi
1/25/2023 09:12:17 am
Oh my gosh! I have totally done something like that and it is the most awkward thing!
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Travis
1/25/2023 09:13:37 am
Definitely walked in on the conversation at the wrong time
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Megan Aiello
1/25/2023 09:06:05 am
Sometimes I would hear my stepmom talk about me to my dad and say things about me that ain’t always true or reasonable so I would have to get in the middle of it and hear both sides of the story and explain to them that didn’t happened or that wasn’t was said.
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Chanci Phillips
1/25/2023 09:11:09 am
That happens to me too.
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Chanci Phillips
1/25/2023 09:06:23 am
At home, I’ll be talking to my brother about hockey or sports and our parents will walk in. They usually think we are arguing about chores. We then tell them what we are talking about and they then tell us to go do chores.
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Chloe
1/25/2023 09:08:00 am
this is so true, my parents do this too
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Kanyon Tolman
1/25/2023 09:08:58 am
Who even argues about clothes, other than stylists, or other fashion people.
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Eilah Foss
1/25/2023 09:12:15 am
My sister and I constantly did this when we were little!
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Kanyon Tolman
1/25/2023 09:06:53 am
I can't really think of anything since I'm not really social enough for that to happen. I either there for most of the conversation, or just not go near them. But, on the slight chance it does happen, is you keep listening, there's usually enough context that you know what were talking about.
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Chanci Phillips
1/25/2023 09:12:20 am
I agree that eventually they will give you context after your misunderstanding.
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Carter Bill
1/25/2023 09:13:27 am
This is a good point because it shows that if you take the time to listen you'll get a good understanding of what it is that their talking about.
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Brylee Ganske
1/25/2023 09:13:52 am
Yeah, normally it can be pretty easy to catch on if you're patient and just don't barge in.
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Mariah
1/25/2023 09:07:34 am
It can be kinda confusing with three Mariahs in the school because I will walk into a room and people are talking about something and keep saying my name and I think they are talking about me or trying to get my attention but they are actually talking about a different Mariah. My mom also works with a lady named Meriah so she will say something that she did and I will say "what I never did that" thinking she is talking about me.
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Megan Aiello
1/25/2023 09:09:28 am
Yeah, I can relate to that cause there’s more than one Megan at this school.
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Kanyon Tolman
1/25/2023 09:10:22 am
I'm lucky that Kanyon is a decently rare name so I don't really run into this issue.
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Raelynn
1/25/2023 09:13:10 am
That would be difficult
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Travis
1/25/2023 09:15:45 am
That happens to me too
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Emylee Perkins
1/25/2023 09:18:35 am
The only bad thing about being the only Emylee is that if you hear your name, they're definitely talking about you.
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Brylee Ganske
1/25/2023 09:08:16 am
I am not able to remember the exact time when I have done these things but I do know that I have at least walked into a room and heard the end of a conversation. I am always very confused and don't completely understand what was being talked about but it always makes a good laugh between me and them because of the timing I walked in. I also unusually end up finding out what the conversation was about and can understand what they had been saying before and I can also normally be able to join in on the conversation afterwards.
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Carter Bill
1/25/2023 09:10:40 am
This has happened to me several times.
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Kanyon Tolman
1/25/2023 09:11:12 am
I wish I had that good of social skills.
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Wyatt Nelson
1/25/2023 09:12:46 am
I agree with the fact that walking in on a conversation brings a sense of confusion and hesitation of not knowing what you just walked yourself into.
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Emylee Perkins
1/25/2023 09:12:47 am
Every time I'm eating my chicken you ask me to repeat an entire story 😂
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Eilah Foss
1/25/2023 09:14:01 am
You’re right, it does make a good laugh!
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Carter Bill
1/25/2023 09:08:23 am
There has been numerous times where I have been in an in depth conversation with someone then later in the conversation someone has joined in. They had just assumed what was being talked about then decided to say something but what was said had nothing to do with what we were saying. This resulted in myself having to tell them what actually happened so they didn't go off with mixed thoughts and say something that wasn't exactly true.
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Shay Woolf
1/25/2023 09:11:01 am
This is a good example and it is very relateable.
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Wyatt Nelson
1/25/2023 09:14:19 am
I have come across that also before that people are assuming that it is something about them and that is annoying.
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Carter Caywood
2/7/2023 10:20:10 am
I know exactly how you feel when people join in on a conversation after it has already trailed off into another topic.
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Carson
1/25/2023 09:09:12 am
One time I over heard my parent and they were talking about something, and then i thought i was going to get a gift i really wanted. But sadly, it was about something else entirely, and that made me very sad.
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chloe
1/25/2023 09:11:48 am
that’s a very unfortunate thing to happen to you. I’m sorry you had to experience that, traitor
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Carson
1/25/2023 09:17:04 am
Chloe, i'm sorry. we should try to come at this from a different ANGLE...
Carson
1/25/2023 09:18:31 am
i am sorry i mentioned the horrible ugly squares Chloe. That was a SIN...
Carson
1/25/2023 09:19:49 am
These puns are pretty bad, and im sorry. This next one is very EDGY...
Sean Sapp
1/25/2023 09:15:01 am
That is absolutely devastating, I understand the heartbreak
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Shay Woolf
1/25/2023 09:09:25 am
When we're at school all day we tend to hear and walk through a lot of different conversations. One time I was at a basketball game and I was cheering and the student section was making a tik tok and passing the phone around doing the "Im passing the phone to someone who.." trend. All of the sudden the phone was handed to me, I asked my sister what they said and she said she was pretty sure it was something bad. I got super nervous and then just passed the phone to someone else. It turns out it wasn't bad at all and my sister just heard them wrong. I was super worried about it until I was shown the video. I didn't feel great about it. But in the end it was fine.
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Kennedi
1/25/2023 09:15:38 am
I hate when you hear something wrong so you ask the person next to you if they heard what the other person said and they just smile or laugh or didn't hear what the other person said!
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Daniel Davidson
1/25/2023 09:19:05 am
That is a funny situation to misunderstand.
Wyatt Nelson
1/25/2023 09:10:10 am
I walked into the kitchen and heard my parents talking. It sounded like they were talking about something sad so I left. I then later on found out they were talking about my sister and how she was able to find a baby to adopt and I would be an uncle. I found this out when my sister had come home and told us herself, my parents said that was what they were talking about.
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Britton Hanson
1/25/2023 09:17:15 am
Good example, happy to hear about the babys!
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Raelynn
1/25/2023 09:10:22 am
One time we were doing a project for banned books and Craig walked by not knwing we were fliming a project and was very confused at our conversation. I feel like most of the time that people have misunderstandings about something that was said its because they miss the context and only hear parts of a conversation. After finding out the truth and getting context the situation usually gets shrugged off.
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Eilah Foss
1/25/2023 09:15:29 am
Something similar has happened to me before! Craig needs to not!
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Briella
1/25/2023 09:27:52 am
I just hope you didn't get in trouble for filming in the hallway. Some people make tik-tocs during class, but most people are doing something for their class.
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Daniel Davidson
1/25/2023 09:56:02 am
I fully agree, it's rarely possible to understand a conversation without context, once you know the context the conversation can be completely different.
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Travis
1/25/2023 09:10:27 am
In basketball when my coach was explaining something about a game I thought he was talking about a different game than the one he was really talking about. I found out when he said what game he was talking about. It made it so my mentality was preparing for a different game in the future.
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Carter Caywood
2/7/2023 10:21:04 am
I understand how that could be hard for you with so many games.
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Emylee Perkins
1/25/2023 09:10:28 am
One time I was at a stake dance and I saw a group of boys who I thought were talking about me and saying I was a total hottie or something. It looked like one of them wanted to ask me to dance but was nervous or something so I started walking toward him and quickly realized his friends were all making bets and stuff and he wasn't interested in me at all but they all dared him. As a result, it made me feel bad so I quickly turned around and they tried to brush it off by joking about it loudly. It was pretty embarrassing so I sat down in a chair and pretended to text my dad. Lol :)
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Kennedi
1/25/2023 09:10:46 am
This happens far too often then I would like it to, usually with my friends and it usually is about something inappropriate so I'm not sure I should give any examples. But Usually what happens is one of us walks into a classroom where a random topic is being discussed. The person walking in usually hear something weird and is like "WHAT!!" and then we all awkwardly laugh and have to give some context.
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Raelynn
1/25/2023 09:15:21 am
I agree it happens alot when people walk in late to a conversation.
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Mariah
1/25/2023 09:15:28 am
This happens to me every single time I walk into Ambers room!
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Sean Sapp
1/25/2023 09:10:56 am
I once walked into my parent's bedroom to my parents deep in conversation. I can not remember the exact words my mom said but they were along the lines of my grandma had died. Being the emotional little man child I was I almost started crying and then my dad laughed. After a moment my mother explained my grandma was not dead.
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nicolas sessions
1/25/2023 09:17:37 am
That would've sucked.
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Briella
1/25/2023 09:23:24 am
This story would be a lot different if it just ended with your father laughing. Something very similar happened to me, my parents were talking about my great grandma who got sick, and I immediately thought she was dead and started balling.
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Eilah Foss
1/25/2023 09:11:23 am
Sometimes when i was little I would walk into a conversation between my sister and dad and I would constantly misunderstand what they were talking about for something else. I found out the truth by either them correcting me, or listening to the conversation for longer and figuring it out in my own. Afterwards, I would either feel stupid or relieved after I found out I was wrong.
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Emylee Perkins
1/25/2023 09:16:23 am
I agree that it's a good feeling to find out you were wrong about something bad happening.
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Britton Hanson
1/25/2023 09:12:03 am
I overheard my dad talking about what I thought I was going to do for work that day. Which was plowing the drive way to a house that we are building. But it turned out that I was stuck shoveling out the inside of the house for half the day.
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nicolas sessions
1/25/2023 09:13:42 am
One time, I was working at Subway with this cool dude named Jay. But one night shift whilst closing the store Jay started getting irritated and started mumbling mean stuff under his breath and I thought he was mad at me, so I started feeling angry too. But later I learned that he was talking about the danged customers with their outrageous manners.
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Emylee Perkins
1/25/2023 09:17:13 am
I'm glad you found out the truth!
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Sean Sapp
1/25/2023 09:17:26 am
Who raised those ding dang customers, you should teach a master class on manners
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Daniel Davidson
1/25/2023 09:17:21 am
There was a time, when I was about eight, I heard my sister being spicy about someone in a phone conversation. I thought she was talking about me, and was very much so upset. She was not, so it's cool.
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nicolas sessions
1/25/2023 09:19:06 am
That's good.
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Briella Pace
1/25/2023 09:19:16 am
One time in sixth I was walking to the restroom, and overheard Mrs. Wing talking to Shay and Kennedi outside of the portables. Mrs Wing shouted "Now imagine if I was BLUE". Years later I approached Kennedi and asked her about the context, and she didn't remember, so I guess I'll never know.
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Ava
1/25/2023 09:35:52 am
I have been in both positions of this happening. Either way it eventually gets out, whether on purpose or not. If
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Carter Caywood
2/2/2023 01:04:05 pm
There was a time when I overheard my friends talking about someone and I thought they were talking about me. It made me feel bad about myself so I asked them about it, and they said they weren’t even talking about me. I felt weird after that for caring so much and now try not to listen to other peoples conversations
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