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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
So, I've got a dinner engagement with a couple the Mr. and I met 3-4 years ago. (A mutual friend is in town and we are all getting together.) In an attempt to remember what we should remember about these people, I googled them.
In addition to reminding us that they are not in fact the couple we initially thought they were (thanks, Google!), I discovered that the husband of the couple was proposed for a fairly prominent job with a state government in the last year, and he withdrew his name after a fairly nasty set of public attacks on his candidacy (mostly of the "cronyism" and "old-boys network" variety, but also including some unkind comments on his qualifications). There was some press coverage, but all of it local (i.e.: not in any news organ I would have any reason to ever read, hear or see). I will of course pretend I don't know this.
If, for some reason it comes up:
(i) I don't plan to inform the Mr. of the public appointment mess, because I don't quite believe he could make it through the night without making a comment, particularly since the evening will probably involve huge quantities of alcohol. If it comes up at all, the Mr. will probably know I knew about it (because he knows I googled them) but didn't tell him. Anyone (TM?) have a good cover story I can use with the Mr. to avoid admitting "I knew but I didn't tell you 'cause I thought you'd tease him and I want to try to develop his wife as a client?"
(ii) Any admission of pre-knowledge of this is tantamount to admitting I googled them (it's really the only way I'd have found out about it). How socially acceptable is googling people now?
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On 2., don't say anything. Googling people is probably not fully acceptable. Unless you are looking for photos of them to see if they are hot, and/or naked.
On 1., if the husband discovers just say that you were a little embarassed at the situation -- having Googled them and finding something that might have been uncomfortable -- and you didn't want to talk about it. Because of the shame, the shame.
