Quote from: LoriDee on Yesterday at 05:40:36 PMI never have a problem with questions like that. It is just small talk between friends and they ask because they are interested and truly want to understand. There's nothing wrong with that at all.
Oh I couldn't agree more. But I do know everyone doesn't feel that way.
And you know what? This just sort of dawned on me. I think back to just a few months ago, to my entire life before letting people know about the real me... I think I very much was less casual about being asked such personal questions.
I don't think people knew it (obviously), but I was always concerned I might inadvertently say something that would show my cards, so to speak. So it was always about what could I say, without really saying everything. And I think it probably led to a lot of flippant, sarcastic and humerous answers... and me using my ability to redirect a conversation away from anything potentially too probing.
The result is that I think I missed out on a level of closeness with people. I do have a number of close friends. But I wonder how much deeper those relationships would have been by now. Just by my friend's 20-questions and my open-book responses ... I think there's a lot to look forward to in the future.