Posted by Racer on January 13, 2008, at 21:26:16
In reply to Re: I'm off to a bad start in school, posted by Kath on January 13, 2008, at 21:17:06
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> 5) Sometimes I've found it best to protect myself by not giving alot of details to people unless I feel safe.Well, y'all know I am taking classes, and have been for a couple of years now.
My husband, of course, knows that I'm taking classes. He's very supportive of it, in all kinds of ways.
I did tell my mother, eventually. She's supportive of it, if rather uninterested. She does remember to ask now and again how it's going.
Not one other member of my family is aware that I have been taking classes for the past couple of years. I don't think it's good for me to tell them, or to let them find out.
What's more, they don't know that I had three years of fertility treatment, unsuccessfully.
They don't know about my hospitalizations.
They don't know much of anything, really, and I've found it's much safer for me that way.
So, another vote for the "need to know" variety of family communications...
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