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Tim has decided to let
Tim has decided to let his friends know about his journal. In a way, I think its a brave step that I’m not ready to take.
When you let people know about your journal, it suddenly takes on a different life. Suddenly, there are things you can’t talk about, suddenly you get questioned about what you DO write about. It becomes less of a journal where you can write openly and more about entertaining your friends.
When I began a relationship with Wifey™, I had to think hard about how I wanted to handle the journal, because she reads it. Should I close it down, should I keep writing? My decision, as you all know, was to keep it up and just not mention our relationship too much. There is so much I could write about with regards to the two of us, but I choose not to because of this. Does it make the journal less interesting, less personal. I think so, but at the same time, I think its for the best.
So, if Wifey™ didnt read the journal would I write about us. Perhaps. Maybe not everything, but most likely more than now. Do I mind her reading? Not at all. She feels closer to me by reading this and so I dont mind at all. There are just things that I won’t write about. It doesnt bother me not to write about our relationship, I mean if I really wanted to write about us I could start up an email journal and block certain people.
Anyhow, that’s the reason I dont want to have a journal my friends know about. I dont want to be questioned about what I write about in here, I dont want to have to explain why I wrote something. I just want to write it out, have it out there and not have it brought up. Is that possible?
Could imagine having your friends know about it and then bring it up everytime you are together? “So, Greg, I didn’t know you were thinking about that. So, Greg, why’d you write about the other day. So, Greg, how come you said that. So, Greg, why don’t you talk about this in your journal tomorrow.”
No, thank you. It’s my journal. I want to write about things I’m thinking about. I just dont want to be questioned about it by the people I know.
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