Listen - do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell........?

When someone tells me to keep something a secret, I usually say, I don't make promises like that. You never know when they might tell you something that needs to be told. Very few secrets remain secrets forever, and they often come out just in time to do a lot of damage in someone else's life later on. The only way you can be sure that your secret is not brought out for others to know is to keep it to yourself --and even that doesn't always work.

Two things come to mind when I read this 1) The golden rule...Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 2) There's always 2 sides to a story. I tend not to believe a one sided story so I'm not about to repeat it. I hate when people talk about me when I've been in a bit of strife because people tend to exaggerate to make a story sound juicier. That being said, there are some people who live just out of town who are very mean spirited, nasty, dishonest and downright offensive. Their doings are always up for discussion. I've never met the woman in question yet she reported me to the state manager of a government office I recently worked for and she lied through her teeth, saying I didn't introduce myself to her when I called at their property. She wasn't even there and her husband said he was not the owner just one of the workers. She also reported me to the police and I had to attend the police station!!! She practically gets away with murder and the police feels sorry for her because no-one likes her. Sorry, got a bit off track....but you can see what I mean I hope.

i can keep secrets but its hard i usually end up telling my hubby just to stop my brain going into othertime he won't open his mouth lol I have got a family who gossip there heads of i'm the one who likes to keep my secrets secret! As my hubby doesn't tell anyone it never goes any further its a bit like the confessional where i have my say to hubby get it of my chest then can forget it.

I am pretty bad at keeping secrets. I do tend to tel poeple but usually not people who it matters. I certainly haven't been so bad at keeping a secret that the wrong person has found out.

I can honestly say that I have never blabbed anything that someone confided in me. I have had it done to me, so I know ow it eels, and I wouldn't want to betray trust with another person. To me trust is the most important part of a relationship.

If someone has told me something in confidence and have asked me not to tell, then I would never let it slip! But it's different if you hear something around work or a rumor and gossip about it because you've heard it through the grapevine and no one has specifically asked you to keep it a secret! If the rumor is about a good friend or relative then you should just know not to spread that around! That's just a given!

Actually - It depends on WHAT the secret is =) If someone tells me something really serious and asks me not to tell, I won´t but I have to say that I tell my mom most things even if I am supposed to be quiet. My mom know most people in my life and usualy she is good at giving advice and also to keep a secret. However if someone REALLY tells me to be quiet I will be!

I can't answer this discussion as it's a deep deep secret. HAHAHA. But I can say, darn it, now I'm singing the song. Hee hee hee hee! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!

I can keep the secret well if I was asked not to blab or talk to others. But toward the rumor ,gossip,or scandal ,I feel that I should share them with my clleagues and good freinds enjoying joy from them.

When somone tell me to keep a secret, I tell him that I don't want to hear that secret because I don't want to get involved into future fight that might happen. But when I hear a secret, I keep it, and pretend that I don't know nothing, because there are people that can convince me to tell them that secret, and than they can fight with me because I don't want to tell them. That's why I hate secrets.

i keep the secrets of those who don't wanna tell anyone about those secrets but i believe that there is not a single secret which u keep with urself very long,i mean u can tell it somebody someday for sure,wht u say abt that???

I'm a certified true secret keeper. I have to admit that at times, I like to reveal something to others, but my conscience stop me from doing so. A lot of friends will come forward to me because they know their secrets are safe with me. I am a very private person by nature. And I know that some friends just can't zipped their mouth. So I was very careful in revealing a lot of myself. :)

It's very funny but I am good at keeping other people's secrets, but not so much my own.... I really, honestly have no secrets. My life's an open book....lol

secrets are the part of life.. i believe that if we get someone's secret which will irritate him/her den his/her some part of life is in our hand.. may be upto large extreme also.. by one secret we ca reveal more secrets frm him/her.. thats what life gets stopped for someone and gets started for other.

I can keep a secret if it is very personal and if it will hurt others I don't want to bring it out...Honestly, if it's just a little thing I tell my closest friends..:P

My first reaction when somebody tells me a secret is that..."Are you sure am the only person who knows about this or have you told other people about it already?" Coz the definition of secret differs from one person to another. You would be amazed how varied the answers will be. Usually, the secret is from so and so...that so and so had told to so and so told so too...and so on and so forth. I mean...how can that be a secret? I just say...if you want to tell me about it you can...it is ok if you won't because if you hear it from someone else, it will not come from me. But a secret from a direct source...yes, I definitely will keep my mouth shut, no matter how am itching to tell someone especially if it is a sensitive matter.

I've been entrusted to keep some of my friends' most hidden secrets. OF course, I do very well in keeping them as the friendship is at stake.

I'm very good at keeping secrets, just don't tell me anything you don't want my hubby to know. I tell him pretty much everything. Otherwise I keep my mouth shut. I have enough dirt on those around me to live comfortably off the blackmail money LOL

i never tell another person who is not concerned enough.,.. i will onlt tell those who matter and that too only to take advice or be doubly sure, not for the heck of gossip. i only tell family in fact . and i dont feel guilty about that, i dont think it is a breach of trust adn all...i am also good at keeping a secret when i am seriously told not to tell anyone adn the other person will be hurt if i do..

Yeah, I consider myself to be a pretty truehearted person, very loyal to my friends. I'm not a secret-teller. I know I would be absolutely devastated if I confided in someone who turned around and told the world my secret/s. It might sound corny, but I really do try to treat others how I want to be treated, but respect is earned, not given. I can't really recall anyone hurting me like that though. I've been blessed in that sense.