DAE count how many times they almost said something terrible?

I started keeping a tally in my phone last month after I almost told my coworker her new haircut made her look like a poodle. By the end of day one I was at 7. Hit 100 yesterday and it got me thinking... do other people have that many filter failures or am I just broken? How many do you guys hit in a normal week?

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zarar6719d ago

Back that up with another tally? I started a separate count for times I caught myself BEFORE the words left my mouth. That number is WAY higher than the actual blurt count, probably triple. Honestly sometimes I wonder if my brain is running a whole separate commentary track that I'm just barely stopping. The filter failures are bad but the near misses are where the real horror lives because you KNOW you were one second from ending a relationship.

shaneb1619d ago

Count yourself lucky you're not me. I told my neighbor her chili looked like dog food last week. Took me a solid minute to realize I said that out loud. Now I'm scared to open my mouth at family dinners. You're not broken, you're just real. 7 in one day is amateur hour honestly.