Ssshhhh... Do not tell anyone...

when some one say me this i never tell it other person although if he not say this i don't tell it any one

People who really know me know that if they want me to keep something confidential then they have to actually get me to say the words "I promise". I can't break a promise, I just can't. In my entire twenty-three years of living I have never ever broken a promise. If my sister tells me not to repeat something and I tell her I won't she says, "Say it. SAY IT!". It sucks cos everyone knows i'm the greatest secret keeper on the planet so everyone always tells me everything. Sometimes i'm told really intense or upsetting things and I can't tell anyone what's bugging me. If you tell me something confidential but don't make me say a promise, it's entire possible that i'll tell my mom.

I certainly keep confidences. If I'm asked not to say anything I will not, no matter what. A promise is a promise. Most of the time you can tell if what you are being told is something that can be repeated or should be repeated even if you are not held to a promise. I would hope that if I asked someone to keep safe something I told them that they would. I would be upset if they told another person if I had no wanted them to. I try to always put myself in the other persons shoes and think how I would feel if... and whatever the case may be. If I they told my secret how would I feel. If I needed help how would I feel not to have it. If I was promised something, anything and that promise was broken how would I feel. It's just one of the standards I try to live by.

I will never keep anything from my husband. I usually tell him everything. The people that know me know that also so they know not to tell me anything that they do not want him to know. He is the only person that I talk to who I would tell anything like that to. I hate gossip and people who do not keep their word on things. It does not tempt me to tell it just because it is a secret. Alot of people say do not say anything to anyone and they are the first to tell it. If someone tells me something and I tell my husband, neither one of us will spread it outside of our home.

I've been in both situations you stated, and for me, I have never really had a problem keeping a secret that some one has told me and asked me to keep it to myself. However, more than once I have told someone something in confidence and they didn't keep it to themselves. So, I'm not in the habit of telling anyone anything that I don't want passed along to others, the only exception is my s/o, I know I can tell him anything and it won't go any further than with him.

I wouldnt tell a major secret . My best friend has told me many things ,and said Laura don't tell anyone . I respected her wishes.It is harder when you are younger to keep the mouth shut , and I know just when to do that,and when not too.

I am once guilty of telling even if i promised not to... those were the days when i was not yet that mature... nor sensitive enough to consider that it is a must to keep a promise... but people change... and i am proud to say that... i don't tell on people anymore... age can experience have a way of changing people...

ahmmmmm, for me when I said not to tell anyone about any kind of secrete big or small I mean it. So if one of my friend spread it then I'll get mad and not to talk to him anymore unless he/she ask my forgiveness. For females I think is normal to do this but for male only gays are doing this kind of thing.

Hi dolce_vita, I try not to repeat gossip under any circumstance. I have seen the misery that it causes and it's not a pretty sight. Blessings.

Gossip, I think, is an aspect relating to childish nature.Sometimes children do the very thing that we tell them not to do. So is the case with gossip, I believe.

Oh secrets are so hard to keep... Yes yes yes I think everyone has been in each situation above. It's a very very touchy subject though as the person originally telling the secret is bound to be upset at you if you do tell someone... oh but it is so hard not to...

When someone asks me not tell, I will not spill the beans. But when I was younger, I would tell. I didn't think it counted when I told someone I trusted not to tell, not realizing that they too had someone they trusted not to tell, and so on. Now that I'm older I'm completely reliable in keeping confidences. As for myself, there are only a few people I completely trust to keep thier yap shut.

I'm a very good secret keeper. And at the same time a very good tattle tale(spelling check?). It's kinda contradicting but true(^^,)

For me if someone trust me to share something and told me not tell to anyone i will really keep it.It was already my pleasure to be chosen to be shared her secret with.So in order for the person to respect me and continue to trust me i will keep it as much as i can.

Yep sometimes is hard to not tell. But more than likely the person that says don't tell anyone tells everyone. I had a friend that told me something and said you are the only one I'm telling so if you tell i'll know. Well few days later another one of my friends tells me did you know so so said and or did this. I played dumb like I wasn't told. lol

for me, i stand on my promise by not telling anyone what was being relayed to me if it is confidential. i opt to my stand because i dont was to be the trigerring factor or the source that might burst out the sensitive issue between people. so, it is better to keep my mouth shut... keeping those words personally... atleast i know what was happening... but, i dont tend to confront who was involve...

Its really hard to keep it a secret especially when the secret you've told affects many people. But so far, I have kept some of them in me and I have not told anyone at least I was not the one who spilled the beans. But when you already know that everyone know it is reall hard not to share something that you know too.

I remember my friend and co-worker who use to be like that, and only to find out, she was telling everyone about it and telling them not to tell..LOL, I don't have that habit because when I will share something, I am sure that it will not harm anyone once they know it and if is it very confidential, I am very choosy to whom I will share it and when I share it to the person I know I can trust her and I am very sure about my trust!

Ok , ok, don't worry , I won't tell any one, I promise , until you give me the permission ! Ha ha ! That's nice !

From my experience "Do not tell other people" promise make people even eager to spread the news around. For me, I will never say anything if a friend asked me not to. Unless the secret was dangerous to him/herself. I am a good secret keeper.