Not to be bragadocious, but I am known amongst friends for assuming confidentiality- it kind of goes w/o saying. If you wanted other ppl to know, you would've told them yourself.
However, if you break my trust, I break yours. Unspoken agreements nullified. Depending on the severity of your issues. If you have mad serious issues, then no matter how bad you piss me off, I will only take jabs to a certain extent and no further.
Yup, piss me off bad enough (betrayal being the number one offender) and I play to win no matter the cost, so as already stated all previous agreements are out the window. However, I must say; dead men tell no tales, so don't tell a living soul anything you wouldn't want the entire world to know, because it could happen.
The bargaining chip statement has some validity too, manipulation is something that comes naturally and without effort. The difficulty comes in stopping oneself from doing it and being aware that it's being done.
I just don't tell anyone my secrets. Bits and pieces, sure, but no one needs to know everything. For some reason, everyone tells me theirs, though. And some of it I seriously do not want or need to know.
I find them to be great secret keepers...Your thoughts—