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Old Nov 29, 2019, 03:13 PM
poshgirl poshgirl is offline
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Can fully understand how you feel. A few months ago, a close relative told me "you're like a closed book". To her, I don't talk about what I'm doing. My response was "why don't you ask?"

Unfortunately, I've also had so-called friends who seem to thrive on trying to find out everything about you, whilst giving nothing about themselves. Most times, it hasn't been clever on their part, just a method of getting something to gossip about.

Have learned a lot from these situations. My mother "overshares" about her life, to complete strangers. As a result, she's had to contend with nosy neighbours. When the subject of their interest is removed, they no longer want to know her. My response would have been "go away!"

Was given good advice many years ago "you have two ears but only one mouth, use it wisely"