You are the only one who needs to know.

[wolfpangs]

You asked for it and here it is: the secrets meme, back by popular demand. Share a secret, any kind of secret, whether it be silly or serious. Do it anonymously or not. IP logging is turned off and the only rule is that comments that explicitly name eljay members* are verboten.

Secrets are made to be found out with time.

*excluding your hostess

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Why should someone hold an internet friendship in higher regard than a real-life one, considering how much people misrepresent themselves online?

[(Anonymous)]

People can be fake with each other in real life, too.

[(Anonymous)]

Sure they can, but can they lie about so much as they can online? Even about things so mundane as their appearance? When you have personal interaction with someone, you can see all the little things that people just can't hide in person. You can't do that online. Whatever someone tell you online, you have to accept as fact until you're told otherwise.

[(Anonymous)]

Every situation is different.

[(Anonymous)]

Or until you do a little basic internet research that proves most everything they've ever said is a lie.

[(Anonymous)]

Why should someone hold an internet friendship in higher regard than a real-life one, considering how much people misrepresent themselves online?

I'm not sure one should hold Internet friendship in "higher" regard, but I have been in the same situation and I don't understand why one would treat one's friends so callously without thinking "Hey, I'm being a real fucking dink" whether they're online friends or real life friends.

As far as I'm concerned, it's pretty sad to think everybody you know online is misrepresenting themselves, so it's okay to be a giant douche.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't understand why one would treat one's friends so callously without thinking "Hey, I'm being a real fucking dink" whether they're online friends or real life friends.

You don't understand the mindset of a useless dink because you're a worthwhile person.

I suppose you'd have to be a person without much in the way of real value to anyone to really not care one way or the other how betrayal will affect a confidante.

[(Anonymous)]

This conversation is fucking awesome if you know what the betrayed confidence in question is. Viva morality!

[(Anonymous)]

Never said that. I do think it's sad to still be so hurt, weeks later, by something someone you never intended to meet in person did to you.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, hope you remember that the next time you're stewing over something someone you never intended to meet in person does something trivial to you online.

But only a sad person (or persons) would obsess over something like that, right?

That's not the kind of anonymouse you are, is it?

[(Anonymous)]

But only a sad person (or persons) would obsess over something like that, right?

Or someone who likes to be the center of controversy. Over and over again.

Hey, it's getting kind of stanky in here!

[griffin-mill.livejournal.com]

? I'm not the above comments (believe it or not, I...don't really care), but you did introduce this subject, yes? "Over and over again"?

[(Anonymous)]

Just FYI, there are multiple people responding. But I do think it's funny how things always seem to happen...

[griffin-mill.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I get it less than you do. I don't mind constantly being the one e-people hate, but I'd like a break at least every other outbreak of internet drama.

[(Anonymous)]

I like you and everything, but you're not really the center of this particular internet drama, nor are you the one people are upset with.

[griffin-mill.livejournal.com]

Ha! Oh, oops. Um... good night!

[(Anonymous)]

There's *another* e-scandal involving an e-mole violating someone's e-trust? E-GADS!

[(Anonymous)]

Get over yourself.

[(Anonymous)]

(believe it or not, I...don't really care)

The sincerest kind of 'don't care' is the kind that has to announce its presence.

[(Anonymous)]

And the name-calling begins!