Obviously you don't run around telling everyone. It's no one else's business. And presumptuous to assume they even care.

For me, "telling" is all about setting expectations realistically. Family and friends (and employers) who are counting on you deserve to know that sometimes you might not be able to come through.

But some people are so obviously idiots, telling them would be wasted breath. Seems to me we do have to account for that reality, as a practical matter.

In the end though, we're far more interesting conversation than that dolt of a cousin or that pasty nerd 3 cubicles down.

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Sent from my phone. Please excuse typos.