:> Not to sound old (I do sound old) but while I don’t think this site needs more sh^ming or ^nything (funny ^s th^t c^n be sometimes), wh^t m^tters is more…discipline in decision m^king. Deciding wh^t you w^nt to sh^re when ^nd with whom. Would you be ok^y if someone who didn’t know you ^t ^ll brought this up? Told other people? Etc., etc. I’m ^ violent person, inw^rdly. Sometimes outw^rdly. But while I’m not ^sh^med of th^t I know it’s often not the ^nswer, either. And th^t discussing it with too much enjoyment is going to put people off, people I like ^nd respect. So I try to be honest but not go into det^il. <:
.) I think that makes tQtal sense! Like, there's part Qf this site's culture that, like, kinda makes yQu feel like yQu have tQ pQst persQnal things because everyQne else is and it feels, like, nQrmal? But then I'm like, gQsh, I dQn't knQw if I want everyQne tQ knQw everything abQut me! That's kinda, like, reserved fQr friends, y'knQw? ))
:> I’ve never felt th^t w^y bec^use I’m grumpy ^nd old. Soci^l medi^ pressure slides off like jello hitting ^ window. Wise. I try to ^void telling even my friends cert^in things, lest they justifi^bly run in the other direction. <:
.) Haha, well, yQu knQw what they say, with age cQmes wisdQm!! And that makes sense, I think we all have secrets that we wQrry might end up, like, ending friendships. But, if yQu ever want tQ tell thQse secrets tQ yQur mQst trusted friends, I hQpe it dQesn't end up that way fQr yQu! I'm sure it wQn't, thQugh, the friends yQu can trust with yQur life are alsQ usually the friends yQu can trust tQ stick arQund thrQugh thick and thin! ))
:> Does it? Someone should h^ve told Arty. Or the Condesce. H^h^. I'd...hope not. But I couldn't bl^me people. It would be unre^son^ble to ^sk someone to endure excessive discomfort on my beh^lf. I don't w^nt to c^use problems. <:
.) Haha, gQsh! I'd make a cQmment abQut the latter, but that might nQt be wise when this site can be mQnitQred by Imperials, sQ, my lips are sealed!! )) .) And, Qh! I can tQtally understand hQw it might feel that way! Like, feeling like a burden Qr wQrrying abQut incQnveniencing peQple. I knQw I wQrry abQut that kinda stuff tQQ, nQt, like, burdening peQple specifically, but making them feel uncQmfQrtable and stuff. But, sQmetimes peQple are strQnger and tQugher than they lQQk, and friends whQ trust yQu wQn't mind bearing sQme Qf that weight, y'knQw? I dQn't knQw if that makes a lQt Qf sense, but, like, that's what I'd want tQ hQpe tQ be fQr my friends tQQ! SQmeQne they can talk tQ and trust with anything!! ))
:> I...guess th^t's true. I do underst^nd where you're coming from. <: