What do people really know about you?

One cannot build a real, trusting relationship (love or friendship) with anyone without allowing each other a deeper understanding of their private selves.

Sharing daily activities is not really sharing. It is just like reading the news. It’s nice to know, sure. But it doesn’t really tell you much about the other person.

Real sharing is being open to letting people know what makes you tick, what annoys you, what makes you cry, what you’re really afraid of, etc.

Real sharing is being open without the fear of being judged. But are we always brave enough to do that?

How much are we really willing to share?

How quickly do we want to start disclosing our thoughts and feelings?

How do we know when we should…or that we can?

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Stillwaiting · M

I'm a bit introverted, can be a bit awkward .. so its never been easy making friends.

There have been a handful here and EP over the years that knew/know me pretty well, for this situation. In my in-person life, friends moving for work and us doing that a couple times have separated us from some of our "better friends" by up to ~ 1500 miles or more. Hard to keep connections without real, in-person interactions in either environment.

Its harder making friends at my age now than before. Guess we tend toward being more guarded as we get older .. and more wise to the tricksy ways of some people.

CookieCrumbs · F

@Stillwaiting
I agree with you.

We become more guarded as we get older and have more experiences with people.