I'm just wondering what would happen if some reasonably reliable gossip website reported next week that they had broken up. Would that be a "banned topic" too? Would everyone who had seen that news item need to carry on as usual & pretend they hadn't seen it?
Hmm... That's a very good question! I'm sure someone would post it, and then I would be in the position of trying to decide whether to let it stay, or not... It's not that I'm trying to protect the relationship; it's more that I don't want to encourage gossip and speculation about his personal life. If it becomes a fact (which would require corroboration of some sort, I suppose), then I don't have a problem with it anymore -- unless people then start theorizing as to why they broke up... ARGH. I would really just rather all such discussion took place elsewhere! Nothing but trouble could come of posting that sort of news in a comm like this. I can smell it from here! :D I guess I will just have to cross that bridge when I come to it. And in that respect, it will be much easier on me if they never break up! Hee!
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Hmm... That's a very good question! I'm sure someone would post it, and then I would be in the position of trying to decide whether to let it stay, or not... It's not that I'm trying to protect the relationship; it's more that I don't want to encourage gossip and speculation about his personal life. If it becomes a fact (which would require corroboration of some sort, I suppose), then I don't have a problem with it anymore -- unless people then start theorizing as to why they broke up... ARGH. I would really just rather all such discussion took place elsewhere! Nothing but trouble could come of posting that sort of news in a comm like this. I can smell it from here! :D I guess I will just have to cross that bridge when I come to it. And in that respect, it will be much easier on me if they never break up! Hee!