Tonight I was texting a good friend of mine. And I confessed something to her, something I’ve been keeping from her for a few years.
Something deeply personal, that was about me. I hadn’t told her before because I didn’t want my issue to affect the way she shared her life with me. I didn’t want her to hold back.
I realized that that was a very selfish thing for me to do. And maybe a bit controlling, too.
I did it because I didn’t want her to feel guilty about something that was beyond her control. Or mine, for that matter.
Ends up we’ve both been keeping a secret for the past few years.
Shame on me for being selfish.
ETA: I really meant to say “how selfish was that that we didn’t give each other the chance to support each other?”