One pleasure of a close friendship is the ability to share things that you simply wouldn’t share with the rest of the world—and to know that you are trusted with that close knowledge of your friend.
What friend, current or past, has made you feel like you could trust them with any secret?
A current female friend of mine and I seem to be on the same wave length as far as being comfortable discussing personal matters that don’t seem appropriate to talk over with other friends. We don’t seem to really worry about whether we keep these matters to ourselves or not. Generally I don’t share her personal comments with others but it doesn’t seem to be the main theme of our conversations. Usually, if someone confides to me that this is for me only, I try to indicate that I don’t want to know if they aren’t willing to allow me to pass it on unless I think it absolutely necessary Not always, however: I do keep some comments private, marked for me to know ONLY”. Secrets can be tricky: although we are taught to “keep secrets” there are various ways to interpret them..