Modern Day Cooties

According to Wikipedia.com

Cooties is, in childlore, a kind of infectious disease. The term may have originated with references to lice, fleas and other parasites. A child is said to "catch" cooties through any form of bodily contact, proximity, or touching of an "infected" person or from a person of the opposite sex of the same age. Often the "infected" person is someone who is perceived as "different" and bears some kind of social stigma: of the opposite sex, disabled, someone who is shy or withdrawn, someone who has peculiar mannerisms, stigmatized etc. The phrase is most commonly used by children aged 4–10, however it is also used by many others older than 10.^[1]

Folks, consider yourselves enlightened: DRAMA IS ADULT COOTIES. People are always quick to share with you some bad thing that's happened to them, some trouble they've invited into their lives or just some bullshit that they can't handle. By sharing too much information, you invite other people into your life at a level that is too personal, thus creating drama.

Don't get me wrong, its natural to share happenings of your daily life.There is one person with whom I share damn near everything and it's been that way for years. (Hey LP! :-P) BUT...at some point, there is such a thing as oversharing. When your issues become the topic of everyone elses conversations, that's a problem.

People need to realize that if you keep your business to yourself, the amount of drama surrounding you will be kept to a minimum. Circle. Circle. Dot. Dot. Now you've had your cootie shot! LMFAO.