At work the only thing I will talk about is work stuff. Sometimes I make some chit chat during lunch or slow times ; it is always about something on the news or some movie I saw - nothing personal.
I do have some other social medial accounts but I rarely use them and they are all under a pseudonym and I do not use any pictures of me ( like here on G@G). If anything, I can barely find myself on Google which is fine by me.
As far as I am concerned there is not much of a reason for me to expose my real information out there. Some obsessive nut case could follow you home or to work. If I don't know the person I will not even tell them where I work. Some years ago I met a women at a local bar and grill and we had an OK conversation for about 30 minutes. Anyways , I had to leave and we parted ways. I never asked her for her number or anything as I had no particular interest in her. It was a nice conversation and nothing more. Anyway , I told here where I worked and a few days later she started calling and e-mailing me at work. That freaked me out just a little. I have also had women become a little too interested in me after little time and follow me home or call me 18 times in a day (yes, this actually happened). So now I am super private with people in general.
Yes. The majority of people I know in real life don't know much about what's going on. Many don't even know what my careerpath is. At least the ones whom I don't speak to. But for the most part, even where I'm going or what I'm doing, I feel no need to share it out to the world. Not only do people not give a shit, but some things are better shared with only very close people.
People who feel the need to share eveyr little thing about their lives are often insecure and are in need of validation.
I trust those in my inner most with everything. I don't hide and I'm open to speaking honestly and sans filter. These are my closest friends.
For regular friendships, I'll chat about most things, but I will steer away from more personal topics like spirituality or sexuality.
For acquaintances, I keep things at surface level. Work, hobbies, pets, etc. I don't discuss personal things.
And for strangers, I wait for a feel. I'm pretty good at sensing if people are similar to me, and if they are I might be open like a friend. If I get the sense they won't understand, or they're a cishet white or a Boomer, I'll probably play things very close to the chest. Work, any shared hobbies, non-political current events (good luck...).
Even if you say you are bad or doing bad emotionally financially etc you are still in your own that’s the harsh reality.. So better keep it private then. And try not to get attached to anyone even your family husband boyfriend etc because people DO CHANGE. Try to adjust easily to life ALONE. You can do it all you have to do is not keep things to your heart and let things go while in private. So that your heart doesn’t get hurt. Be strong my dear human ❤️🥺😭 I honestly wish you the best Life is hard
I’ve always been very private with my life. I’ve only share my true feelings with my family (mom, dad, brother & boyfriend). My friends know just as much as I want them to know. Personally, I don’t think people (friends) give a f*ck when you share details about your life or problems, they will act like they care but deep inside…they don’t so I don’t see the need to expose my life for people to criticize it/comment about it. 🤷🏻♀️😊
I enjoy chatting with people. But if I sense they aren't that interested in what I have to say, then I don't have that much to share. How can I tell if that person isn't that interested in what I have to say? They talk my right ear off. This tells me they are more interested in what they have to say. When I talk they will cut me off in mid sentence and start talking. Or they do a lot of talking and if I respond they will look at their watch. Stuff like that.
Since most everyone I know aren't that interested in the other person, I don't share and I'm a private person. But I still listen and go out for lunch with that person. If I meet someone who has authentic listening skills I tend to talk more and share.
Oh sure, I have secrets from within secrets and no one knows everything at all, I have a dozen different personalities, or maybe its demons and sometimes they are in control.
Lots and lots of privacy, virtually null existence online to hide everything.
Three years or so, I was wanted by the cartel so I changed up things and redid my life and hide everything, totally private these days to the point of confusion and mystery.
I share, but I'm kinda stubborn so it takes a little effort to get me to open up. I usually don't like to talk about my problems because I think I'm just being a nuisance to others. Sometimes I'd rather keep everything tucked away and not have anyone worry about me.
My life is an open book. If anything over the last 20 or so years I have become more open. I mean I don't have my banking information and my pin numbers printed on a wall. The private stuff is still private. Look, I live alone. I am happy! Generally speaking, if asked a private question I will answer the question unless that question crosses a line.
I have always shared just generic stuff. No one cares what I ate for lunch, stuff like that, most things from work can't be shared or should be. Like I tell my wife if she asked about a certain call I was on, I remind her that once I tell you, I can't untell you. She goes nope I'm fine.
I tend to be private. A young co-worker discusses details of her sex life on social media. My best friend of 36 years doesn’t know as much about me as I know about her. My best friend is the only person other than my employer or creditors who knows how much money I make.
Of course, and I highly recommend it to the extreme, especially when the technology we're using nowadays has advanced and the influence of social media where people would say so much than when running into one another and in-person with only a “hi, and a bye” to say.—sad!
In a way yes but life can become boring too. I don't know it depends I don't like overly sharing with people who I know gossip. I might share with close family and friends because let's face it sometimes I'm not doing so good
I probably share way too much here on GaG. It's just that I like to give real life examples of what happened to me in the same position as the asker. Now that it has come to my attention I will curb my opinions for sure!
The amount of times I’ve been backstabbed or had my private information shared around as gossip, it’s closed me off to a lot of people. I don’t share much about my life IRL until I feel like I can actually trust someone.
I don't do social media, post photos, tag people or post anything other than on here and I use an allis.
So yeah, I pretty private... I don't need to see people trying bullshit you about how great their life is.
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People usually tend to do the opposite or the wrong things when private things are shared. Honestly if they simply didn't say anything, it wouldn't be bad. It got to the point, where my private details were being used against me. By my supposed family that is. So i generally close off and don't tell anything private. Its better that way. Also no social media except for the job markets like LinkedIn. Nuh uh. I'm a ghost.
Privacy is the best policy when it comes to your life. God knows how many failed relationships there are mainly because someone couldn't keep their mouth shut.
Always have, always will be. Others will not care about your problems unless they’re loving family members. Revealing too much and being like an open book is a deadly mistake in my opinion.
I've always been private about my private life. I never latched on to the idea that we should all expose ourselves for the world to see. That to me is both irresponsible and narcissistic.
Yup. Ever since like... well i ghosted my facebook. And no one knows what I look like. And those who do, still don't know who the hell I really am. And at this point, it's better that way
I used to be overly public but I have worked on reeling it in… I like to share my ideas now but so I try to be picky with who I share my personal info with.
