#weirdestconversations #casualchats #strangethings
Oh my goodness, I have definitely had some interesting conversations with people where they have said the most bizarre things as if it’s just your average everyday topic. One time, I was chatting with a co-worker and out of nowhere, she told me she feeds her cat a homemade vegan diet because she believes it’s better for their health 😳. I mean, I love a good conversation about pets and diets, but that really caught me off guard! Another time, I was at a party and someone told me they collect and catalog different types of rocks they find in their backyard, as if it was a totally normal hobby 🪨. It’s moments like these that remind me how wonderfully diverse and unique people can be!
Have you ever had a similar experience? I’d love to hear all about it! Let’s swap stories and embrace the beauty of these wonderfully strange conversations 😂.
I was pre-pubescent / early teen at the time. Me and my mom were talking something about my outfit or hair, not sure. But I am sure she said, “You’re not a very pretty girl…” and continued to talk to highlight the importance of what I do about my looks. It was extra important because I wasn’t naturally pretty. She said like as if it was completely a casual thing to say. She wasn’t angry or anything, she just said it as if I would take it normally. I stayed quiet and got upset but also even at that age I remember thinking “how can you say something so hurtful to someone my age?!”
A man who works a mile from his home told me he varies his route to work so terrorist can’t learn his movements. He was 100% serious.
Someone once told me that we didn’t need to worry because the government would take care of everyone. Freak
Working retail, some lady explained how nice it was in winter because she really hates bras and jackets completely hide that she’s not wearing one. Oh and she got fired for inappropriate attire because her employer thought she should wear a bra in the summer or at least an undershirt so they wouldn’t see the nips/color though her shirt but it was too hot and she didn’t want to change.
I was trapped sorting the bra section so I just had to listen to her. Very odd conversation
My step mom told me out of the blue that I would have no trouble fiding a sugar daddy should I ever need one because “I was pretty and had large breasts”. I was 19. We were at the dinner table with the rest of my family. I don’t fully remember the context behind that one but it did seem to come out of nowhere.
I didn’t even find it that weird at the time lmao, but looking back on it now, I’m like… what
I had a supervisor that would nonchalantly mention crazy stuff in normal conversation like:
“Oh Connecticut? It is so beautiful this time of the year. I was homeless there for five years and I always looked forward to the fall!”
“I’ve never been a fan of pumpkin pie. Well, except when I was the surrogate for that gay couple. One of the twins must have really loved pumpkin.”
“Do you want to go with me to this thing? My best friend was supposed to go but she’s mad at me because I convinced her to invest $100k into this company and it turned out to be a scam 😔”
Context – I am Jewish, but my family anglicized our name and I don’t look ‘stereotypically Jewish’.
The amount of casual racism and anti-semitism people drop is just shocking.
Holocaust denial? Saying ‘Hitler was misunderstood?’ Actually believing Jewish people are a rich cabal controlling the world? Saying slavery was a good thing?
I used to work as a waitress in a restaurant where the menu was all about chicken. While talking to customers I mentioned to them I was vegetarian for a couple of months now, so I didn’t eat any meat.They answered me that in that case I must feel lucky to work there because at least I could eat chicken
A girl I used to work with told us that she only drank cold water, she had never tried any other drinks apart from milk when she was a baby, and also “Sometimes I go to bed at night with SUCH a headache and I realise I haven’t had anything to drink all day”. She was… Odd.
A girl I know told me and my friends, laughing, that when she gets drunk she steals scarfs and coats that are left unattended by people at parties. She was like “but everyone does this, right?” and we were all “no… not at all, that’s actually a pretty shitty thing to do”. It was a bit awkward.
I had a roommate who believed that vaccines cause downs syndrome. She was also racist towards native people because they used too much technology.
I really discovered the depths of stupidity when I accidentally convinced her that drop bears were real, and then subsequently couldn’t convince her it was a joke. She was absolutely appalled by the lack of concern I had for the poor people of Australia.
I was a nursing student and a patient asked me where I was from. I tell them and they go “I love exotic women. They do everything a man tells them and they’re so hot” word for word
In my senior year of college, I once met a guy who was over ten years older than me, asked for directions to the dean’s office. We ended up talking for about 30 minutes, and during our conversation, we found out that he happened to know my uncle that happened to live near my house.
Few days later, I got a text that he was that guy, he was near my uncle’s house, asking me to meet him because he wanted to meet my parents to ask for permission to marry me.
I was shaking, quickly texted him back, asking him to leave and lied that I was already engaged.
My parents have been divorced for probably 14 years now but they separated around 18 years ago. Anyways, I was in the car with my mom driving a few months ago and she casually mentioned that she’s pretty sure my dad was cheating on her but she didn’t love him anymore so she didn’t care enough to confront him. Then she listed the times she thinks he cheated, and then moved on to what we were gonna have for dinner that night. I was baffled that she’d tell me that at all, and that she’s say it so nonchalantly. It makes me feel really weird and uncomfortable knowing that information.
“I’d rather be dead than be fat”
I used to work at a gym and a trainer said this to me. I’m skinny so he probably thought I’d willingly engage in fat-bashing. The fatphobia is not surprising (it is SO prevalent in the fitness world) but I was surprised that he was willing to say the quiet part out loud. He had quite a few fat clients who I felt very bad for. They can’t help but pick up on that energy.
After getting broken up with out of the blue and after being together for three years and living together, my ex randomly said “oh by the way I checked out a while ago so I’ll probably move on quicker than you”. It was a horrible thing to say considering that they told me they broke up with me because I made them suicidal—but a couple weeks later I found out they cheated on me and was officially dating this other person less than a month after the breakup. When they told me they would move on faster, I was still in shock, hadn’t eaten in almost a week and lost 10 lbs. I casually responded something like oh hahaha right because at that point I still blamed myself. Anyway what was months ago and now I am slaying and my ex is exactly the same but less attractive
Had my first job when I was 14, went for a bathroom break for like 5 mins max coz I was busting. Came back and the manager wanted to know where I was, told him and then he said I had to ask next time??
I told him no, I won’t ask but if you need to know where I am I’ll let you know when I’m going for a piss hey? Never bothered me again.
At a job interview the boss asked me if I fuck my roommates after I told him I lived together with friends 💀
At least he asked the employee that was present whether or not that was an inappropriate question lmao
“My friend is going to r*pe you tonight”
Said to me by a random dude who approached me and my wife at a local bar and wouldn’t leave us alone. Said so casually with a smile. As his friend kept trying to touch me.
I was informed on a terrible date: “I split up with my ex as I discovered I very much preferred living with my parents. On Sundays we all sit together under a duvet and watch films”
The man in question was in his mid 30s.
In case you were wondering…
Yes, it was just the one duvet.
No, I did not see him again.
Someone once told me about how “in my prime” how good I looked because now I’ve had two kids and what not. Apparently I don’t look as good or something, because prior to this comment I voiced how insecure I was feeling. Now I’m the bad person because I’m mad!
When I was 13 I already had a B-cup, much more than the rest of my classmates. So my school uniform blouse had that stupid gap at the buttons, and there was no blouses my size with boob space built in. My tunic and blazer also stretched like that over my otherwise skinny frame. I was super self-conscious about it, and aware that men were leering now.
My Dad, an otherwise kind man and good father, picked me up from school one day with his friend in the front seat and as I got in the back he said: “Wow, seeing you walk out like that, I thought that girl will be a “Busenwunder”!” Busenwunder translates to Boob Miracle. They both laughed. , a name given to actresses mainly known for their curvy figures, like Pamela Anderson. I would translate it as Bombshell, but it was just really specific to boobs. The whole ride home I was uncomfortable and kind of scared of becoming a bombshell, since the leering old guys already made me want to become a nun.
One of my classmates casually told me he fantasized about shooting up the school. We were working on a student film, and one of the girls in our production team overheard him and lost her shit on him. He got shut down pretty hard, and just kind of brooded afterwards. Im really glad nothing ever happened, because he was one of *those* guys. I hope he’s doing okay.
I had a very tough twin miscarriage during covid lockdown. Ended up staying in hospital by myself with no visitors (not even my partner) and needing surgery after the fact. My boss was texting me the whole time looking for work updates, as if I wasn’t going through the most traumatic experience of my life. And when I can back to the office the next week she told me I need to get my priorities straight or I wouldn’t have a job. I had to return early as I ran out of PTO and she tried to write me up for not meeting targets the week I was off. I decided then to look for another job.
A few weeks after that incident my MIL said during a zoom Christmas family gathering that at the rate I’m going, her niece will be a grandmother before her and laughed and laughed.
She secretly took photos of my feet when I used to sleep over at her house and uploaded them to feet finder. This was brought up in conversation as we were deciding who would pay for the meal, and apparently she made a bit of money from it so she would pay. Fair enough. (I don’t take my socks off at other people’s houses anymore).
I had a long distance boyfriend who had an outdoor sex fantasy. Or more specifically, he wanted to tie me to a tree all damsel in distress style and then have his wicked way. He told me about it as we were due to go camping with some friends soon and he was checking my interest level. We enjoyed spicing things up so it wasn’t the most unusual suggestion but I laughed when he said it and was like “haha no, I’m too scared of bugs in the tree crawling into me, I don’t want to be tied to one” and he replied “it’ll be fine, I’ll put a blanket between you and the tree” and we laughed and I forgot all about it.
A month or so later I was visiting; his mom and dad drove him in their car to get me from the airport. As we we’re all getting out of the car at his house his mom goes “oh, wait one moment!” and rummages around in some bags in the backseat. Next, she lifts out this green felt blanket to hand to the bf saying “almost completely forgot! I was at a market and saw this blanket and I thought it’d be perfect for you to use when tying her to the tree on your camping trip”. He was really touched and gave his mom a huge hug and was all “oh, you remembered, how kind, thank you so much” as I stood there burning red with embarrassment and just totally gobsmacked he’d told her about this. We waved them off and then he noticed my coloring and face and was like “what?”.
Let’s just say the relationship ended shortly after I found out that he regularly tells his mom every intricate detail of his life, including his sex life. 😱