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November 09, 2007

Do you keep secrets?

I was having an interesting conversation with a few gorgeous men the other day.

We were talking about secrets and half-truths (lies). 

There were divided opinions on the degree of truth that it was important to share with our partner, or anyone for that matter!  Appropriate percentages were batted around!

Having watched people I cared about destroyed by the discovery of family secrets like adoption, I tend towards seeing secrets as destructive

I think the very fact of hiding something influences our every behaviour and every word.  And subtly the people we deal with can tell, and distrust just grows!

So when I saw this article by Karen Salmansohn author of Be Happy Dammit, I thought you might be interested!

"If right now you are not telling someone the truth about a particular something, and you think you're being dishonest to spare their feelings, chances are you're being dishonest with yourself! Most people would rather know [more]

By the way, those blokes included my darling SweetP and the soon-to-be-bridegroom, my son Lovable Geek!  And of course they're gorgeous!

 

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