Can you keep a secret? - Page 4

Cass · 02-08-2010, 05:46 PM

I could tell you, but it's a secret.

MissHell · 02-08-2010, 06:24 PM

I am a mixed bag.

I can keep "important" secrets. Although there are times I wish I didn't know.

Last year, I gave away two surprises by accident.

One I accidently texted the wrong person about a friend's new motorcycle, that was supposed to the a surprise. I felt bad.

Avatard · 02-08-2010, 06:36 PM

Secrets. Hmmm.

Secrets don't stay secret after you tell them...do they?

I don't wish to know anyone's secret, or be burdened with the task of "keeping" it.

If it's a secret about someone else, it's particularly nasty of someone to burden me with it.

By not telling the secret, I may harm someone by omission, but by divulging it, I then betray the person who told me in confidence. See? It's a no-win scenario, and I am rather angered when placed in such a position by others. It's not fair, or nice, as there is no way to emerge from the scenario without feeling badly about it for at least one party. It is a weight I'd rather not bear for others, as I have enough "weight" to carry on my own, really.

Secrets? No thanks.

Cutty72 · 02-08-2010, 10:21 PM

I'm the guy that generally doesn't pass information along. I feel if you want so and so to know, you will tell them. My gf found out about my sister being pregnant over a month after me, during casual conversation. All parties were surprised that the info wasn't spread, but I figured if my sis wanted her to know, she would have told her.

Papa_Complex · 02-09-2010, 08:07 AM

Of course I can keep a secret. I also remember them very well. After all, if you don't remember and keep a secret, it can't be used later for extortion purposes.

Rider · 02-09-2010, 08:25 AM

I have secrets I wont even tell my wife or anyone for that matter.. lots of them. I have lots of stuff locked up in my head that will NEVER be let out. Can't ever be let out...

z06boy · 02-09-2010, 08:29 AM

If I couldn't keep secrets I could have never kept my job and so far it's been over 20 years so yeah I guess I can keep a secret.

Rider · 02-09-2010, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by z06boy

If I couldn't keep secrets I could have never kept my job and so far it's been over 20 years so yeah I guess I can keep a secret.

Yeah my job, my marriage, my friendships, my freedom, all depend on me shutting the fuck up.

z06boy · 02-09-2010, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rider

Yeah my job, my marriage, my friendships, my freedom, all depend on me shutting the fuck up.

Yep same here !!

I was talking to a friend lastnight on the phone and he was telling me some stuff that his wife is NOT to know about and I was shaking my head thinking

but he can trust me...for sure.

02-08-2010, 05:46 PM	#31
Cass Cassolicious! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: SV Posts: 1,377	I could tell you, but it's a secret. __________________ Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

02-08-2010, 06:36 PM	#33
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Secrets. Hmmm. Secrets don't stay secret after you tell them...do they? I don't wish to know anyone's secret, or be burdened with the task of "keeping" it. If it's a secret about someone else, it's particularly nasty of someone to burden me with it. By not telling the secret, I may harm someone by omission, but by divulging it, I then betray the person who told me in confidence. See? It's a no-win scenario, and I am rather angered when placed in such a position by others. It's not fair, or nice, as there is no way to emerge from the scenario without feeling badly about it for at least one party. It is a weight I'd rather not bear for others, as I have enough "weight" to carry on my own, really. Secrets? No thanks. __________________ Insert free thought here.

02-09-2010, 08:07 AM	#35
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Of course I can keep a secret. I also remember them very well. After all, if you don't remember and keep a secret, it can't be used later for extortion purposes. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

02-08-2010, 06:24 PM	#32
MissHell Followed the crowd over. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hawaii Moto: '07 Yahama R6 Posts: 911	I am a mixed bag. I can keep "important" secrets. Although there are times I wish I didn't know. Last year, I gave away two surprises by accident. One I accidently texted the wrong person about a friend's new motorcycle, that was supposed to the a surprise. I felt bad.

02-09-2010, 08:25 AM	#36
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	I have secrets I wont even tell my wife or anyone for that matter.. lots of them. I have lots of stuff locked up in my head that will NEVER be let out. Can't ever be let out...

02-09-2010, 08:29 AM	#37
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	If I couldn't keep secrets I could have never kept my job and so far it's been over 20 years so yeah I guess I can keep a secret.