Are you an open book?

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The reason I am asking is I visited my mother yesterday and as normal something came up and she couldn’t wait to spell the beans on me. She didn’t cause I had already told my kids, but it ticked me off all the same. I use to be an alcoholic but when I became pregnant with my first child, I stopped cold turkey and haven’t had a drink since. Well my kids know this, I have shared this with them when the subject of drugs and such have come up. However my 8-year-old daughter found my brother’s shot glass collection yesterday and asked what were they used for. So I told her, “they are what people drink alcohol with”. No sooner than I got that out of my mouth, my mother yells out, “Yeah your Mommy drinks that stuff!”. UGGGG! Mind you she used present tense. Then I had to explain to my daughter who had a shocked look on her face, no Mommy doesn’t do that any more and reminded her of our talk about it. Anyway, I was glad I had already told her about my habit years ago, before my mother hand the chance. I work very hard at having a honest relationship with my kids and yes it sometimes includes revealing some things about myself I don’t want to. Well it’s got me to wondering, am I strange for this or unique? So I would love to hear other’s opinions on this. Feel free to answer any of these you pick ------ Do you share everything about yourself with your kids, family and friends? Why or why not? Are their things you have done that you keep locked away from the world? Why? Have you ever been called out for your past and how did you handle it? Have a story about this you would like to share or a lesson you learned from it? ?? I will be reading, rating and as always thank all in advance. ??