I feel I was too free with it in the beginning because I didn’t know how people would react. I told an employer, he then let me go (after five summers of impeccable service). I told three of my coworkers at my first school and it somehow got around the whole ****ing school. Then some ***holes talked about me in front of the students and then suddenly my the students knew and used it against me. Since I switched districts I’ve kept it tightly under wraps. I had to take time off this year but only HR knows why, and only because my notes for fmla and sick leave came from my partial program.

Family knows and they are mostly supportive, for which I am lucky. I do not have any friends though, except for a couple of people I met through here and through my partial program, so I felt comfortable with them right away. If I were to make new friends (impossible) I would not tell unless I was able to trust them, and I don’t become close to people. I did tell the guy I was seeing back In October and got a positive response but then suddenly stopped hearing from him so who knows.

TL;DR I don’t really tell people unless I can’t hide it anymore.