“25 Jaw-Dropping Secrets Friends Uncovered About Each Other Years Later – You Won’t Believe #7!”
#8
My grandfather was always jumpy around thunderstorms. We assumed it was because he was shot down during the war and it sounded like anti-aircraft fire. Nope! Turns out, when he was a teenager, he got struck by lightning! The craziest part was, this happened the day before he started dating my grandmother. And she’d never heard that story!
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We also asked the mental health experts why so many people keep secrets from their close friends. “It is important to normalize boundaries, even in friendships, and it is up to each person how comfortable they are in sharing information about themselves,” Rebekah pointed out. “Keeping secrets is not always indicative of a lack of trust in the friendship.”
#9
He knew American sign language
Knew the guy for a few years, just a regular guy. One day I met him for breakfast to find him deep in conversation with a deaf dude.
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“Boundaries are the natural limits that separates us from others, and this includes having different emotional and friendship needs. The amount of information a person chooses to share is often reflective of their level of comfort talking about themselves, their level of openness to emotional intimacy/vulnerability, and the level of emotional attunement they received from caregivers during childhood,” she explained. “Also, there are aspects of oneself that may not seem important to share, however someone else may feel that it is important, so keeping in mind different perspectives and friendship needs is crucial.”
