2006-06-12 10:19:41 · 13 answers · asked by @->--- 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Hahaha... I will NEVER tell...
2006-06-12 10:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by Cheshire Cat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are different situations in which people talk about secrets.
The person that can be hurt by the secret information talks about it with somebody they trust. This is typical for confessions and similar situation. Another cause could be that the person talking about their secret wants advice what to do/how to deal with the situation/how to avoid negative consequences.
The person who shares the secret information will not experience direct consequences for sharing the secret. Here we have again two different situations:
The person learned about the secret due to the fact that one of the people who could be hurt by the information trusted them. In such a situation the person sharing the secret betrays the trust of another person due to
* a moral dilemma (typical for whistleblowers)
* (morbid) wish to seem important or well informed (look how impotant I am, I know sooooo important secrets)
* unawareness of the confidentiality of the information
Or the person learned about the secret by accident or other means. Sharing such information that might be considered by other people as secret might not be perceived by the sharer as gabbing about a secret. It can as well be to show their own well-informedness or to extract some kind of justice or revenge.
Often a mixture of the above motivations is the cause for people to talk about somebody else's secrets.
2006-06-12 10:40:42 · answer #2 · answered by ab1609 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human being has a tendency to communicate with others and keep the communication interesting. A secret of someone else's is an interesting subject for a conversation. That is all.
2006-06-12 11:27:13 · answer #3 · answered by Kat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If more than one person knows about it, it's not a secret. It may be a confidentiality, but it ain't a secret.
2006-06-16 20:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by tee_nong_noy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes people think that in order to save another friendship,instead of the one they have with you,they have to tell your secret to a "more important" person so that they won't loose interest in them.
2006-06-12 10:48:40 · answer #5 · answered by her_royalpuffiness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people naturally want to share information with other people.
2006-06-18 00:36:50 · answer #6 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if someone tells you something juicy then you are going tell the person you are cool with and boom you mess someone whole identity up!
2006-06-12 10:24:02 · answer #7 · answered by serious00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think about it. can ANYONE honestly be told something and be trusted to NEVER repeat that information for the rest of their lives.
2006-06-12 12:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To feel important, cos they know something others don't.
2006-06-13 05:00:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the thrill of seeing the consequense of the revelation!!!
2006-06-12 11:14:56 · answer #10 · answered by eltivo0210 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read, "Posers, Fakers, & Wannabees." It will answer that for you.
2006-06-19 04:25:51 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋