Do you feel you share more with FRIENDS or with FAMILY?

So you trust your family more than your friends? What if the problem has to do with your family? Would you then turn to your friends for advice instead?

LOL! It's safer not to have family know too much... as in siblings, etc, because you never know who is talking to who and making fun of you behind your back lol. I think that's just a side effect of being related, I don't think it's always intentional or meant to be hurtful. A lot of times, the drama STARTS with family members so of course you can't SHARE your thoughts with them lol.

I think some of it is that I've noticed a lot of people have family who judge them, sometimes harshly. If I know that family or friends are not going to be accepting of something, I won't share it at all. If I have to share with SOMEBODY, I will filter so I choose the people most likely to be supportive, and if not supportive, at least to take it in and not make any fuss over it. Most of the time, friends will be honest but loving. Too many times I see family acting NOT loving because they think because they are family it's okay to be a jerk. I am here to say it isn't lol. Friends are included in the 'online' section, I have some friends - you included, who I know ONLY through the wonderful internet but if were ever in your neck of the woods, I would definitely stop by and have lunch and tour your business!

That's a good policy.

That's kind of where I'm coming from because I moved away from my family. I love my family but we just aren't close in the same way. When things happen, I want to tell my husband and my friends here (local) first lol. There is something to be said about being good at creating a good network/social support system. People who don't have a really hard time adjusting to new places after moving. If I move again I will have a game plan - so I can find community activities for myself and my daughter - so I can find new local running groups and a good way to find local races, and of course likeminded individuals to make friends with lol.

I agree with this too.... I don't want to burden my family with things unless I think they can actually understand and help. A lot of things are just venting and venting usually goes across better with friends. Also, my family doesn't live anywhere near me so for all intents and purposes, it really doesn't do much good to burden them with unnecessary things because they are not HERE, even if they wanted to help.

I base it on how well I know someone AND how close I am to them. In general, I share more things with friends than 'family' such as my parents or siblings or other extended relatives. There's also different levels with friends, I try to listen a lot more than I talk, therefore I know more about most of my friends than they know about me