Keep It A Secret...

I'm not real good at keeping secrets but there are some things I haven't told my mom or other family members about. I choose to do this because I don't feel I should always share the details of my marriage with my family members. Sometimes it is just better that way. Some things they don't really need to know.

I prefer not to keep secrets for others as I am not a good gatekeeper. Somehow secrets will eventually leak out from my mouth which will create a bad taste to people who trusted me to keep their secrets. I don't want to burden my chest with secrets so it is better to remain open at all times.

I have some secrets I will take to my grave...and I will not tell anyone! I wouldn't be upset if everyone else knew....or I should say depending on what it was. If my kids were expecting a baby and everyone knew but me or I was the last to find out I would be upset....but many times there secrets come with great responsibility!

The last question would depend on how important the secret was, as in if your best friend had a highly contagious disease. Ouch on that one. If something needs to be kept secret or if I have promised someone not to tell, then I can keep a secret, but if someone else tells me a secret someone told them, then I might share it without divulging where I heard it -- or not, if it is really nobody's business. For some reason, people seem to like to tell me things. Maybe it is because I don't ask many personal questions. Like today I went somewhere with a neighbor and two people asked me afterward how old she is. I told them I have no idea because I don't, but I didn't think it was any of their business. She did tell me a whole lot of other personal information that I also have no intention of sharing with others. About myself, I don't have very many secrets, so nobody would get very far trying to blackmail me ;-)

I think I'm good at keeping secrets though it depends on what type of secret we're talking about. If I feel that the secret doesn't hold much bearing on anything, then I would just keep it in me for the sake of trust. However, if I feel that the secret I'm keeping is making someone angry or hurt or in trouble, then I'd feel I'm obligated not to keep it. In general, I am a good keeper of secrets. I do have one secret I've been keeping for the last 10years. I don't see a point in breaking the secret because the person who asked me to keep it told me that she just needed time to be ready to tell people but for now she's not yet ready - and I respect that.

Why did you that??That person cant trust you anymore.

To me secrets are a double edged sword. Everyone likes to be included in knowing the secret but the one left out is upset. Then again sometimes it is better just to tell the story. Sometimes the secret needs to be told in order to help someone or to defy the one who thinks they hold something over someone. But being the holder of a secret is an awesome responsibility for the person who is trusted with that info.

I don't like doing it, but I can do it, its HARD, but I've done it. I guess its WHY the secret is wanted kept and from whom...

I'm like you, I'm terrible when it comes to keeping secrets. I always blow it. Well, most of the time anyway. I don't know why, I really do try at times. I swear, my tongue has a mind of it's own. Before I can stop myself from spilling the secret, my tongue starts talking and the secret is out. So, if any of you want your secret kept safe, DON'T TELL ME! LOL Happy mylotting!

Hi twoey68 - long time no seen. I am back after fixing lots lots of ofline stuff. Keeping secrets? Well that depend on what it is - and why it is so important for the teller to keep it a secret. I think no one can keep a secret becouse if they would you would not hear about it. I usually say - do not ask me to keep it a secret as yoú did not do it your self.

My question is this, if they want to keep it a secret, why do they tell anyone? Makes no sense to me. Usually if you tell the secret, you loose a friend up here.

Hello twoey. I am quite good at keeping secrets, i haven't spilled the beans except this one time, when the secret came from a friend that was hurting another friend, and the 2nd friend was just suspecting it. I have kept a secret in another case, where one of my friends was cheating on his girlfriend, but they weren't good for one another in the first place, and they split up eventually. I considered it to be prudent to leave the relationship follow it's natural course - it is good sometimes not to meddle in other people's business. I would not be happy if everyone knew the secret except me, but i think it depends on the secret if i would be mad or not. Regards, Alex.

Sometimes it's hard to-you get excited about good news and can't keep it quiet! That's why they're bad! I kept a secret once for many years for a good friend-it was a very bad thing I did..she was cheating on her husband..and got me involved..well-being a good friend that I was...I shut up. Everyone told me that I should've told him (as I'd been good friends with both of them BEFORE they were married) I didn't and he later found out and was really ticked at me for keeping it quiet. But sometimes it's just none of your business and you have to. But that was bad news..Good news on the other hand is so hard to contain!!

Well I have been in this type of situation before where as several people were aware of a top secret except me. Being that it would be hurtful to me I suppose they did not want to further hurt. Sure I was upset as my thinking was it was better to be told. Knowing the truth certainly is more hurtful than finding out later, as later it becomes more in depth and harder to forgive. So my advise to you is that if anyone wants to entrust you with a secret that perhaps you know you can't keep and or feel the parties involved should know is that the minute they open their mouths to tell you the secret, you immediately say unless you want to say it forward it is best not to tell me right from the start. However if they already spilled the beans the best thing is to say that they better tell the person involved as you do not feel you can keep lid tight, especially if the person is about is someone you really care about.

i think i am pretty good in keeping secret... i try my best to keep the secret especially if the other person specifically requested me to do that... i believe that they have their own reasons for not wanting to tell other people about the secret and i feel very privilege every time somebody ask me to keep a secret... and i will try my best not to destroy their trust in me as trust is a big issue here... take care and have a nice day...

Yes I can and will keep a secret. If someone tells me anything they can be sure I will tell No One.

If someone told me a secret and asked me to keep it, I would as long as it's not hurting someone else. No it doesn't bother me if someone is keeping secrets from me unless it's hurting me in some way. People can keep all the secrets from if all they want as long as it's not hurting me or someone else.

I have been told secrets in the past and was able to keep secrets. Now, I don't even want to be told a secret and I tell the person so. I just don't believe in keeping secrets.

I’m pretty good at keeping secrets; I do get tempted to let the cat out of the bag sometimes but I always keep things to myself. I guess if all my friends knew something I didn’t it would unnerve me a bit! I wouldn’t like to be the only one kept out of the loop, that’s for sure and if I told a secret in confidence to a friend I would be upset if they didn’t keep it to themselves.

I am able to keep secrets from most people, but I also know that if someone tells me in confidence something, there are at least two people that I will end up sharing the information with. These two people are my mother and my husband. The reason that I can't keep secrets from them is because of the fact that they are the two people in this world that I am the closest to and I also know that anything that I share with them won't go any further than that.