I have never had (and considering some of the things my parents have told me, probably never will have) the “Too much information” reaction.
Could someone explain it to me? I don’t see why you would want to not know something.
Ignorance is Bliss. If they don’t tell me about it, I have no reason to picture the rather unplesant image of my grandparents doing the nasty.
Well maybe that’s the reason I never have that reaction. I don’t picture it. Why would I?
I am sort of in the same situation. My mother used to tell me everything, and I mean everything, about herself as well as the rest of my family. It never really weirded me out. However, a few times, I have been talking to someone like my wife about some perverted or illegal practice and causually mentioned that an older member of my family did something similar. The reaction to the fact that I know these things makes me not mention that stuff anymore.
I don’t suppose that this has anything to do with your name, Shagnasty?
Maybe you’re just not a visual person? When I read books or hear a story I “see” people acting it all out. It’s not something that’s voluntary, and it happens no matter what type of story it is. So if Grandma tells shares her memory of the time that she gave hand jobs to the whole football team,* then I’m going to get an involuntary mental image of the whole event. That’s not something that most people want to picture.
*This didn’t happen of course.