Overthinking

Do you ever think about something so much that you're convinced everyone you know already knows about it, and then you're surprised when they don't know what you're talking about? That happens to me pretty often. A good example is this other web project I'll be starting soon. I constantly thought about it for about two weeks and then brought it up in conversation with a friend and realized I'd told NO ONE about it except my roommates.

I've found this happens pretty often with me, and was just curious if other people experience this or if I'm just a space cadet. I guess part of it too is that I learned a few years ago that people actually talk about me when I'm not around, which blew my mind. That's not to say people gossip, they just talk about other people they know with mutual friends. I know, it seems absurd that I didn't realize this, but I just never thought about it. With that in mind, maybe I'm unconsciously giving the grape vine too much credit. What's even more absurd about my disbelief of this pretty basic human form of interaction is that I talk about people's lives all the time--about what they're doing, different things--because I think what other people are doing is just completely fascinating! So why would I assume so naively that other people don't do this? Huh.