do you open up to people?

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marina_
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8 Years

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Hello,

this is my question that actually I find very difficult to answer.

I come from a family that is ok. We have been living here in the city for 6-7 generations, we are not rich but not poor as well.

My parents chose different path as the whole family . My family is usually bank accountants, doctors, psychologists and so one.

My parents are artists, they have been freelancers and from what i remember they have been struggling with work and money.

So me and my siblings were 'different' from the whole family. The money matter was usually the problem from the younger years.

So i have been raised in a feeling that my family and I am not good enough. Because even dad was taking money from his parents.

THis was a problem for me because i have been always counting money and i have always been AWARE of money issues. I have never been reckless, i was calculating, analysing money and serious stuff from what i remember.

THis comes to a conclusion that because of some facts that i wanted to hide from my friends i didnt say a lot. I mean a lot of friends knew i come from artistic family, they always were jealous i have a WHOLE family, not divorced, that parents are still getting along. But I always had in my mind the feeling i can not be a friend of the most coolest people of the most richest and intelligent. i have always been hanging out with people a bit more poor or from the 2nd or 3rd class when it comes to GENERALISATION .

if you know what i mean.

but i have always envy of my sister who was the centre of attention of the richest friends and so one. she was always asking parents for money , didnt making it. i didnt spend money but i was usually earning it or MAKE IT EARN somehow in the 2nd or even 1st grade. like sth for sth - a business.

but when i grew older i grew up for a good looking attractive woman, who was studying sth very good and i was surrounded mostly with upp er class friends. i mean not very upper class but friends whom parents had their businesses good cars and big houses outside the city ,. in my country its associated with a good level of life.

in US. probably its normal suburbs surrounding for a typical mr .Smith.

so with my complexes that grew inside me i had a problem making friends with people from upper classes and i had a problem having romance relationships.

because in family we had so many arguments on the grandma- dad- aunt- mum level i have never told 100% about myself to anyone. i was tought in a home not to reveal everything to anyone even if its your best friend BECAUSE even best friends can make some harm to you.

of course parents were right. ive been hurt twice by my best friends and parents told me this they felt it wasnt right but i didnt listen.

so whenever i meet people or even friends i do not tell them a lot. its very difficult to know me.

even thought i am aries.

ONLY MY VIRGO EXES or virgo friends somehow FELT that i was hiding sth and felt i wasnot telling the truth about myself.

and because of that i have a lot a lot of aquiatances, more distanced friends but only very few close best friends, or friends that i can trust. TO them i do not even say everything.

and i do not know if its right because i know people learn from mistakes. i know parents want you to be protected and want the bets to you.

But on the other hand.

do you open up to people or good friends with everything?

do they know you as in "friends' sitcom or in any other american soap opera?

in general i am very friendly but i have learnt to differenciate my friendlyness to others and to closer people...

what do you think?

do you generally trust people and then get hurt or do you analyse and then open up?

its important to me because i realised that since only 2-3 years i have been having deep conversations with friends that turned out to be beginnings of good best friends relations. and i am not paranoied of them betraying me ( for now).

but i am not sure if i was making mistakes all life not being so open to anyone or it was for my good?

thank you
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marina_
@marina_
8 Years

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no i am not young ill be 28 in 2 months in february.

maybe i do not write in proper english. i do not come from an english speaking country so maybe thats why my thread seems more 'young'. because i use common grammar.

sometimes i cant express everything in english that i want. but anyway.

some of my friends know past romances issues that i have had before. some of them know people from the past i am not friends with anymore.

but even before when i was maybe more popular and more outgoing with what i was speaking to whom, i have never gossiped badly about anyone and i have never told anything behind my back to friends. i was always keeping my 'friends' side.

and i thought people were doing it but no, people gossip and people tell lies.

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Endlessly-dreaming
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I NEVER completely open up to anyone. Ever. I say little bits and pieces to people I can truly, truly trust, but never the full story.
I do the exact same thing. Not even my best friend from elementary school knows every little thing about me.

Same. I'm assuming you're young? I am only 24. I hope when I get older I can be more open and release all this craziness inside of me to someone I trust. But right now I could NEVER imagine doing that.
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I'm 23. So you're only a year older haha. Same here, I mean I give bits and pieces to people. But hoping that someday I could fully tell someone my complete story. But yeah, it takes awhile for me to open up, but a lot of people open up to me. But also I learned to accept that some things are better kept to yourself haha.
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I NEVER completely open up to anyone. Ever. I say little bits and pieces to people I can truly, truly trust, but never the full story.
I do the exact same thing. Not even my best friend from elementary school knows every little thing about me.
Same here
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I think a lot of it has to do with being a Pisces and Cancer Moon, I love when people share their stories with me, but I find it hard to do the same. Though it's in bits and pieces. lol