Are there things that you "just don't want to know"?

I had a friend who photographed the birth of his first child and showed the pictures including the head crowning in her vagina. It was way too much information. I could never see the woman again without thinking of that photo!

What my ex-wife was really up to in those days and weeks before the divorce was stuff I did not need to know. There is a lot of stuff I don’t want to know. Why go through the grief I say.

I have no idea how this would be considered immoral. If it was knowledge that would somehow significantly change an outcome, or cause harm if not known…I would get it. However, this is like now wanting to hear the end of a movie – it’s just fun to wait, and it makes the experience of the birth all the more exciting.

That is, if you think gender matters at all in any situation. ;-)

For me, in any case, anything that includes information about “my parents” and “sexual activity”...noooooo thank you.

I didn’t want to know my son’s gender either.
Mostly because it didn’t matter to me, and the idiot stranger questions grate on my nerves enough without adding “Oh, it’s a boy? Did you want a boy? When are you going to try for your girl?”

If I have another one, I’ll likely find out, just so I know whether to buy clothes that don’t scream “HOLYCRAP I’M A BOY!” like my son’s entire wardrobe does. Again, just so idiot strangers don’t say “What kind of a boy’s name is ______?”

As my daughter gets older (she’s 12 now) I find it more upsetting to know what she’s thinking. As terrible as that sounds for a parental role, hearing her describe her crushes really hits me in an unpleasant way. I think I’m going to lose my shit when she starts fooling around.

First of all the guy’s opinion matters to a lot of their partners. Second of all, people are perfectly happy not knowing many many many things, not the least (but probaly most innocent) of which is the sex of their baby. To many, they like the surprise and it’s not an issue to ‘not know’ because they will know, relatively soon anyway.

I guess I don’t want to know how or when I’m going to pass away for good.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir Re the guy’s opinion. I didn’t mean in general. I meant in this relationship. It’s tough to watch. Oh well…

@josie Oh, sucks. That ain’t gonna get any better with the baby around, I’m sure.

I do know that my neighbor friend use to be a stripper. this is all i need to know.

I do not want to know how many men she has been with. she is a nice person. this is all i need to know.

I don’t want to know what people say about me behind my back, good or bad. I believe people are entitled to vent or express themselves without worrying that someone will rat them out. If someone wants me to know what they think about me, they can come tell me. I don’t bite.

@perg – GOOD answer!

Generally I am the type that if I can know, I want to know. But, I don’t see how waiting to find out the sex of your baby could be immoral. Many many couples wait for the birth to find out.

There are things I don’t want to hear, but I would not say I don’t want to be aware that it happens. Like children being raped. I remember once listening to a pedaphile on Oprah, and I wish I had never heard what this guy said, the details were too much for me.

“Just don’t want to know”,in my opinion,implies some kind of fear.I’m not afraid to find something out even if it is not what I’d like.When it comes to my interactions with people,I like the direct approach.
Are their things I have no curiosity about?Yes.

Yes, I liked filtered and need-to-know type of info better. I had a bf who took me to an outstanding restaurant for a birthday and then totally dramatized and overshadowed the event by telling me it used to be a favorite spot of his most recent ex and that she might be there at the very same time we were, blah blah. I didn’t see why he couldn’t have kept that to himself, taken me there and let me enjoy myself thinking I was all birthday special and if the other woman did present then he could tactfully nod, say hello, whatever and be done with it.

Noelleptc, news flash for you. yes they are still very active. sex does not stop, just because you have children. sex does not stop, unless there is a divorce or one becomes physically or mentally disabled.

I don’t want to know about my partners sexual history. I know he is disease free and that is all I want to know.

I do not want to know what is in my food.

And this.

@josie. I’ve known couples that wanted to be surprised about their baby’s sex because they enjoy surprises. As long as the baby is healthy, what difference does it make if they choose to wait to know the sex? It’s not evasion, it’s just enjoying happy suspense. Same thing as not wanting to know what your Christmas presents are. If the guy wanted to know the sex, they could have shown him the monitor and just not turned it toward her. He could have found out if he wanted to. I also know people who have gone that route.

I don’t want to know if aliens exist. Until they actually show up, I could care less. I have a lot more important things to deal with. I don’t get people who spend vast amounts of time obsessing about that. If it ever unequivocally turns out to be true, we deal with it. Until then, it is a waste of energy. From a scientific standpoint, I am interested to know if there are other planets that could support human life, but as far as aliens visiting here, meh.

Knowledge is power. I want to know everything I can fit into my head in one lifetime.

I have no desire to know what my Mothers orgasms sound like. Or, I don’t want to know what Barbara’s Bush tastes like :¬(

@ucme I think I understand…

@josie I think I just wanna move on….swiftly :¬(

@ucme I retract my earlier statement and amend it to include not knowing what Barbara’s Bush tastes like…

What the hell boys. I’ll try it.

@ucme You just made me nearly spit Diet Coke onto my monitor

@cockswain Atta boy, take one for your cunt-ry!
@diavolobella I’m sowwy :¬)

@crazyivan How rude of me to overlook your post. I apologise for being an uncooth ragamuffin. As far as what you said, a wise decision :¬)

You know why all the gays voted for Dukakis? Because they didn’t like Bush. And I don’t what to know.

I suppose there might some things I don’t want to know, but I don’t know what they are.

It’s not like she never wants to know. She just wants to find out later, as a surprise. What if it was your birthday, and someone came and said “Hey, wanna know what I’m getting you for your birthday?” You’d probably rather find out when you open it. I don’t think it’s immoral at all.

I think I want to know most things (again, maybe not right away, like I might not want to find out now whether I eventually graduate with honours or not) but I don’t think I would want to know stuff about the supernatural world. I think that would just affect my present state too much.