A welcome discussion - and interesting.

I suppose I come straight from my mother's Scottish stock of her own mother's Edwardian upbringing. Musn't let people see your ails sort of thing. I don't think the woman even ever complained of a headache publicly and I suppose I learned this from her. Thus, I do find TMI difficult. I get squeamish, think 'oh dear' and find myself embarrassed for the friend who is revealing it. Some things, I think, are best left private. Call me weird and backwards.

This forum on the other hand seems a safe, and for me anyway, less personal space.