My auntie once (reluctantly at first) told me a secret. I’ve never mentioned it to family but on receiving family ancestry it’s all there for anyone to see.
Yes I have quite a few which I would never pass on. They will remain secret. I have a "friend" who delights in quite personal gossip about others. So I never tell her anything she shouldn't know. I expect she gossips about me. I no longer care.
When my MiL was very unwell, she told me she knew a big secret relating to a tragedy in the family.
She'd never said anything for years previously and I couldn't think of any "need to know" that might apply, so I said that unless it was something she wanted to unburden herself of, I'd rather not know (as she was obviously told whatever it was in confidence).
I think I'd do the same again. I do sometimes wonder what she was going to say.
I have one at the moment but in my past I have been the recipient of many. All told to me in the confines of my treatment room. I never divulged any of them and wouldn’t now even though some of the subjects are dead.
Yes. Ive got things in my head I've never told another soul ! If someone tells me something in secret I do out of respect and friendship always keep it to myself. Sometimes it is tempting to tell someone else but I never have and hope its the same vice versa with friends 🧡
I have kept secrets for years but forgotten some of them I’m sure. Most of the people who swore me to secrecy are now dead or have not been in contact with me for years.
I heard last week of the death of a lady in our village, and remembered that I knew about something that had happened to her years ago that she would have wanted kept secret. Nothing earth shattering, but it would probably have been a good piece of gossip! I realised that I have never told a soul. Apart from family stuff, are you keeping someone’s secret, or how good are you at keeping them?