Venting. It's that crazy thing we all do to make it seem like something, anything, in our lives is important.
Our rant-fueled moments seem so simple; if I peek you interest once with this topic, I'm sure talking about it over and over and over again will still interest you. Anymore, girls can just say "you have to hear about the last guy thing" and everyone instantly knows who and what you are talking about. If that has happened to you, you are venting.
It's called the "One Thing" game. You talk the hell out of one topic until you can't stand to talk about it anymore. The guy, the job, the diet- you throw out a topic, wait for a response from those around you, and whether or not that One Thing was successful determines how much you are willing to play this glorious conversational hand you have been dealt.
So it begins. "Hey, did I tell you what the boy did for me?," "So, I've got an update on the diet," translation: "hey, let me beat this horse some more."
How do you prevent venting? Lose your friends or come up with something new to talk about. Either way, you'll be playing the "One Thing" game for even just a little while.
