Posted by caraher on January 27, 2007, at 15:41:17
In reply to How much do you share with friends?, posted by DannaB on January 27, 2007, at 15:08:58
That's just "who you are." People who know you probably already realize you tell them what's on your mind, and that if Tuesday you said you were upset because of your boyfriend they probably aren't thrown off if Thursday everything is fine - and won't be terribly prejudiced against him. After all, if you two have worked things out to your satisfaction that should be good enough for them, right?
I generally don't tell people things. Part of that is not having many "real life" friends to tell in the first place. But if I do know someone well enough I'll tell a lot. (My wife thinks, too much!) If, for instance, I'd had a fight at home or were just really depressed or had some financial crisis, I wouldn't mention that at work even if someone noticed I seemed "off" in some way. I think your way is better overall - I probably feel a bit unnecessarily isolated because of my reticence.
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