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I'm in sales so I can definately keep a secret. You would be suprised the things people will tell me in the course of a working day. I have a good ear and people find it easy to confide in me. ANYTHING that's told to me stays with me!
I'm in sales so I can definately keep a secret. You would be suprised the things people will tell me in the course of a working day. I have a good ear and people find it easy to confide in me. ANYTHING that's told to me stays with me!
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I am always amazed at the stuff people tell me and the information they seem to offer without being provoked. I think most people just feel a need to "spill the beans". It is very hard for people to keep a secret and they feel compelled for some reason to tell others.
I keep most everything very close to the vest and rarely tell others secrets.
I am always amazed at the stuff people tell me and the information they seem to offer without being provoked. I think most people just feel a need to "spill the beans". It is very hard for people to keep a secret and they feel compelled for some reason to tell others.
I keep most everything very close to the vest and rarely tell others secrets.
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Snitches get snitches...Words I lived by my whole life....:madd
Snitches get snitches...Words I lived by my whole life....:madd
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This has been a true "balancing act" over my lifetime.
Of course, someone could tell me something in confidence and I would never repeat it . . . unless I was required to.
Part of my "job" as a psychotherapist was to establish an environment, so that my patients could "tell me anything" (and they have)! However, there were (rare) times where I was compelled to break this trust, in order to satisfy requirements of the State. I can't say that I ever liked breaking this trust, but there have been times where it may have saved a life.
Yes, I can separate "work" from family and friends, however, I can't disconnect from my training (even "after hours"). There have been times where a friend or family member has taken me into their confidence, only for me to feel compelled to NOT keep things in confidence. In these occasions, I often feel as if I have their "better" interest at heart. Not everyone would agree, however. I have to repect their opinion in these cases.
There have been times that I've felt the need to convey to someone that if they don't want me repeating what they have to say, they better not tell me. It's NOT that I can't keep their info confidential . . .I may be required (by law) to break that trust.
This has been a true "balancing act" over my lifetime.
Of course, someone could tell me something in confidence and I would never repeat it . . . unless I was required to.
Part of my "job" as a psychotherapist was to establish an environment, so that my patients could "tell me anything" (and they have)! However, there were (rare) times where I was compelled to break this trust, in order to satisfy requirements of the State. I can't say that I ever liked breaking this trust, but there have been times where it may have saved a life.
Yes, I can separate "work" from family and friends, however, I can't disconnect from my training (even "after hours"). There have been times where a friend or family member has taken me into their confidence, only for me to feel compelled to NOT keep things in confidence. In these occasions, I often feel as if I have their "better" interest at heart. Not everyone would agree, however. I have to repect their opinion in these cases.
There have been times that I've felt the need to convey to someone that if they don't want me repeating what they have to say, they better not tell me. It's NOT that I can't keep their info confidential . . .I may be required (by law) to break that trust.
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If someone tells me something in confidence then I can keep shut on it. However, if I am not told that something is not to be spread I will talk about it freely most of the time unless I just don't feel right about it.
If someone tells me something in confidence then I can keep shut on it. However, if I am not told that something is not to be spread I will talk about it freely most of the time unless I just don't feel right about it.
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RipitRon wrote:
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im with Ron.......if it im not told anything, and someone just says something to me, ill pass it along maybe in convo with someone else.........if im told it goes no further, then it goes no further..............thats that......
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djpop wrote:
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Me too, pop...Any time I have a private conversation with someone, I consider it to be just that, private...I'm a very private person & discretion is everything to me...Matter of fact, you could consider it to be a dealbreaker in any friendship that I have.
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oh, and let me add, that i think its obvious when someone tells you something when its private, ........depending on the convo, you should be smart enough to know, that it is not something to be shared with anyone, and just keep your mouth shut.......i have a very small group of real friends, and thats how i like it, and would never want to betray them......
oh, and let me add, that i think its obvious when someone tells you something when its private, ........depending on the convo, you should be smart enough to know, that it is not something to be shared with anyone, and just keep your mouth shut.......i have a very small group of real friends, and thats how i like it, and would never want to betray them......
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I don't like having to hold some-one's secrets, sometimes months and months later, it is easy to forget it is a secret and something slips out in another conversation, or you think you can trust this other friend, who then trust his wife, who then trust her sister and so on till it is no longer a secret.
I don't like having to hold some-one's secrets, sometimes months and months later, it is easy to forget it is a secret and something slips out in another conversation, or you think you can trust this other friend, who then trust his wife, who then trust her sister and so on till it is no longer a secret.
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TUNAKLLR wrote:
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Okay, you want to start it up............fine....Ill bring down everythread on this board with you..........come on bring it........why dont you go stick your head in a toilet, ......oh wait, thats what you do for a living, thats right.............ya filthy plumbers helper.......(hey George, was that better?):madd
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