Eavesdropping is so fun precisely because it's so wrong, writes UnhappyFem
Photo: Mondadori Portfolio/Mondadori via Getty Images Sometime in late April, I was sitting in the park with a friend. Besides worrying about the world, not much was happening in our lives; consequently, we didn’t have much to say. Then, in a rushing wave of excitement, we realized that the two men sitting on a bench about 15 feet away were going through what appeared to be a breakup. Our ears perked. Our backs stiffened. We became giddy in an almost ingrained sense.
Like gossip and sex and many of the cheap and naughty thrills of life, casual eavesdropping is another activity now mostly relegated to life before the pandemic, and something I really, really miss. We’re no longer living in a world conducive to listening to conversations not meant for you, whether it’s work gossip you hear from the stall in the office restroom, friends chatting when you’ve left a room at a party, or strangers sitting across from you in a restaurant.
This is also the risk of eavesdropping. You’re taking the chance that you might get caught. While it’s not illegal per se, some might call it rude or nosy or disrespectful. But then again, this is also the risk run by the person talking or typing in a public place. On a more generous level, there’s also the possibility that eavesdropping is a special form of caring for one another in a world that feels so isolating. The act of eavesdropping may imply a sincere interest in the life of someone else, wanting to know how their sadness or anger will be resolved or what happened to make them so excited or happy. Maybe some people listen with the secret knowledge that they can step in if needed.
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