Sherry Taylor

Q: A new study says that talking about this typically makes other people mad?

A: your vacation

New Study Finds Talking About Your Vacation Ticks Other People Off

You’ve just gone on a wonderful vacation, and now you want to tell your friends all about it. But a new study in Psychological Science finds that doing just that could actually end up making you feel bad. Researchers found that people would rather talk about an ordinary experience that was shared among all the people than discuss an extraordinary experience only one member of the group had

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