If You are My Bestie, DR, and You start the conversation “Don’t tell Anybody, but…” That’s a tell You are gonna be revealing something… difficult. Or painful. Or embarrassing.
And – because of Our Connection AKA “relationship” – Imma prioritize “Keeping Your Secrets.” Why? Because I Love You, You Silly Rabbit!
I will default, with the ‘picking sides’ business. I will always pick Your side. From the get-go.
*Spoiler Alert!* But nothing obligates Me to stay on Your side.
As with Everything? “It All just Depends.” And it depends – per usual – on those pesky details. [N: TDiiTD]
If You just spent the weekend with Your Favorite Uncle, regaling Me of “all the fun stuff” You (You & FU) did together, that one time You ate ice cream for dinner, etc. etc? And then – Outta Nowhere!? – You slyly toss is this: “… and later, when He was helping draw My bath, He grabbed My privates…”
*mental grenade explodes*
Okay. Lemme clarify something, DR. Why would this MG explode in My Own SB? Especially if there’s no external excitement from My Bestie who is giving Me this new data? Why isn’t any mental grenades exploding in Her SB?
It may be. I may very well be pinging Her Own SB, too, but for the reason You might guess, DR. Playing Devils’s Advocate for a minute here, Imma guess that You think My Bestie’s SB is pinging because “She knows Adults touching My private parts = Bad.” And – if My Bestie is an Adult-sized Human Being? I will assume She does, in fact, have this data already. Which means She is seeking My Support, or My advice on what to do next.
But… what if She’s a Child-sized HB? What if She doesn’t have this data already, technically speaking. Or rather – and more likely – what if Her Own gut is screaming that “something is wrong in the state of Denmark” here, but She’s unsure? “Can’t put My finger on it,” so let Me call a Friend & validate this theory before I react?
If I am the Adult in this scenario, Yes, I would believe it is My job – AKA “My Responsibility” to tell Someone. Because Why? Because Little Shirley here? She needs HELP.
Little Shirley is testing Me, by being vulnerable with Me & revealing this data. LS wants to see if 1) I will help Her, and/or 2) If I can be trusted to “keep Her secret.” It’s a total Sophie’s choice IMO.
This is as far as I can take You, in this Conceptual AKA Hypothetical Scenario. Why? There’s too many ways it can go, IRL. As previously stated: I Don’t Have All the Answers to These Questions! But You can be damn sure of one thing: If – and when – I find Myself in this exact IRL situation? Imma deal with it then, in My Own way. [N: *Spoiler Alert!* I’m using the entirety of the data housed in My Own Invisible Library Files to do this IRL TECH evaluation… while balancing PASSION’s Needs for Little Shirley]
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Conner’s Comments: TECH – when faced with an IRL situation where there is an extremely high level of emotions, usually negative – will say stupid sh#t like, “There’s good people on both sides…” This is how TECH avoids dealing with what’s right in front of Me. It’s a tell – it tells Me that the OP saying these words has an utter lack of Equilibrium for some UNKN reason. [N: Imma guess They were probably molested as a Child, or otherwise f#cked up – physically, figuratively, emotionally, whatev – in some way, during those Childhood years]
It’s also a Rookie mistake.