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Where Do You Stand? Sharing the Family Dirt With Friends

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 6:00am by DearSugar
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It seems like along the way, every family manages to gain a few secrets or drama-filled issues. And often the family gossip can have a serious effect on your day-to-day life. As with all personal strife, it’s natural to want to talk it out with friends, but sometimes spilling family news can feel a bit disloyal. So where do you stand on sharing your family drama with friends? What about your significant other?

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  • Lovely_1's picture
    Lovely_1
    1

    I only tell my boyfriend...friends, I keep out of it. Maybe I might b*tch a little bit to friends, but I think my boyfriend is the only one who really knows my family!

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • littleblackninja's picture
    littleblackninja
    2

    I'm not into it. If the drama settles down or plays itself out, others will remember. I would not to keep hearing about it after it's all said and done.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Shopaholichunny's picture
    Shopaholichunny
    3

    Oh man I had a problem with this a few weeks back. One of my close girlfriends who I grew up with since we were 6yrs old ended up telling some people at our church drama that was happening in my family regarding me and my cousins. (my cousins and I told her) Anywayz, my family found out and they were really upset with her. They made me and my cousins talk to her to let her know that it was not her business to tell other people. It was very uncomfortable for us. Sticking out tongue

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Krradford's picture
    Krradford
    4

    Depends on how close the friend is and the level of family drama. Sometimes it's good to have an outside perspective from a friend that you can trust.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • vmruby's picture
    vmruby
    5

    I will only discuss the occassional family drama with my husband and my two best friends(all 3 know my family for many years) and only because i trust them and I know whatever I do confide will not go any further.....

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • jessie's picture
    jessie
    6

    the hubby knows all...he's who i vent/cry/scream to about it all...LOL..friends...only close ones who actually know my crazy family..

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Fallen85's picture
    Fallen85
    7

    How OLD are these pictures? Who wears hats like that anymore? Leather jacket with a turtle neck and scarf? Hmmm..

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Fallen85's picture
    Fallen85
    8

    My family is awesome. I only bitch about how crazy my sister is to people that know her almost as well as I do.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • sarah100682's picture
    sarah100682
    9

    Thank God I have a sane family! My family is so small, that luckily no one has big enough drama to really make a difference, and we all get along well enough to where we don't fight amoung ourselves.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Lily Inferno's picture
    Lily Inferno
    10

    Im close with my family and all..and sometimes you find out things about certain ppl you cant tell anyone else in your family..so who would I turn to? Naturally, my closest friend. I tell her only bc I know I can trust her and it helps get things off my chest. Things I didnt want to know to begin with. So yea, for my own sanity, I will tell my friend or even my husband.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • ohkate's picture
    ohkate
    11

    yeeeaaaahhh... I vent to really close friends to gain perspective but I had an instance where it got a little out of hand and...well it hasn't gotten any better. I don't regret venting but it would be nice if other parties involved were more willing to discuss the problems at hand rather than pretend there's nothing wrong. ):

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • RustyAngel73's picture
    RustyAngel73
    13

    I don't currently have a SO but I confide in my best friend about those situations...and only her.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • bluestar's picture
    bluestar
    17

    My close friends and I do it! Sometimes you just need to vent. No biggie.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Asia84's picture
    Asia84
    18

    my best friend knows all my family stuff and vice versa....but we are also god-sister (our mothers are best friends).

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • g1amourpuss's picture
    g1amourpuss
    19

    I tell my mother, sister (when I get a chance to call her), and primarily my husband everything.. sometimes my best-friend. Other than that, I'm pretty closed off when it comes to opening myself to friends about important sh!t.

    To me, most of what goes on it not their business - especially if some of them are friends with people I'm not friends with. I just want to be silly and cut up if I'm hanging out with friends. Some of my friends get mad that I won't open up to them enough. Tough sh!t.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • californiagirlx7's picture
    californiagirlx7
    20

    I tell my friends almost everything, and they would never blab about anything I tell them unless I said they could talk about it. If they would blab about my family's secrets, then I wouldn't be friends with them.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • HeidiMD's picture
    HeidiMD
    21

    The only person who knows ALL my family's dirt is my best friend, and that's because she has known them practically as long as I have. I rarely maliciously gossip about my family -- sometimes I just like having someone else who will roll their eyes at all their weird antics!

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • GlowingMoon's picture
    GlowingMoon
    22

    Generally, I don't share family drama with friends. To me, that's like airing my family's dirty laundry, and I don't do that. Likewise, I don't vent about my marriage either. I keep all that information to only those involved.

    19 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • kariedaway1's picture
    kariedaway1
    23

    I have been known to vent about my fam from time to time but only with my 2 besties who are completely trustworthy

    19 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • Pallas Athena 's picture
    Pallas Athena
    24

    My family has had a lot of problems for a long time and I tell my friends (I've known them for three years [Some haven't even been to my house, but we're close] and some longer) about my family problems. If it is gossip then they don't need to know. They usually just listen to me complain about my family problems and what not, but for them to understand where I'm coming from they need to know a lot of information which may seem like gossip, but is the honest truth. Gossip - I have my family for that and I don't like to gossip, but I need to be in the loop. Complaining - Family and friends hear me complain, but my family already knows and understands sometimes better what I'm complaining about.

    19 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • Advah's picture
    Advah
    26

    I have a couple of friends I talk a lot with. Not necessarily my family, but what happened with my exbfs or other friends.
    Sometimes it's nothing too serious and you just need to vent, and very often it sounds worse when you say it than what you actually mean - but it feels good to say something out loud.

    18 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment

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