I think the most difficult conversations involve things that expose our vulnerabilities or involve criticism or something that would damage our egos. I know that I, for one, am not a very diplomatic person. I usually just blurt things out and then regret it. In an effort to avoid being insensitive, I usually just keep quiet. I think most people try to avoid confrontation and just sweep things under the rug and hope they go away.
P.S. Go Pens!!!
You've hit on the same exposure theme that knarf did. Would you have used the word "exposure" anyway, or were you influenced by his use of the word? As I said in my post to him, I wasn't thinking in terms of exposure, but I find that line of thought interesting. I can see where the book goes in that direction to some extent, but I don't remember much talk about "exposure" in the book.
PS. When I first started to become a hockey fan in the early 90's, one of the guys who introduced me to hockey was a big-time Penguins fan.