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I agree with Lolagrace about this. It is a boundary. I realize that in today's world people share all kinds of personal information of social media, but the whole world does not need to know intimate details of my life. There are some things I only share with people I am close to.
personal story - several years ago I got a substantial raise at work when our contract got renegotiated. I told a couple of friends about it with the intent that they might be happy for me. Every time I saw one of those friends after that she made some snarky comment about my raise. It hurt, but I kept my mouth shut. Finally one day I mentioned how it made me feel. I commented that I'd told her hoping she would be happy for me, but felt like she was jealous. She said she was jealous. A part of me wanted to tell her to go back to school, get her Master's degree, get licensed in the field and put up with the agency's BS for 10 years then she might make the same thing I did. Instead I kept my mouth shut and swore I would not discuss my income with other people ever again.
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