I don't know if this is the right place to ask or not, but I believe it is because my question is related to social skills only…
A friend of mine said, "I don't share certain important facts about myself with X because I know they'll mock me."
At first, I thought, 'you go girl' because I assumed X must be some cocky colleague or someone she should be wary of and clearly avoid.
But then I found out that X is actually her close friend.
That confused me. To me, it sounded dumb – because why call someone a close friend if she believes they'll look down on her once they get to know who she really was?
It made me think she was being foolish – trying to sound 'smart' while actually making a poor judgment about the kind of people she lets into her inner circle.
I don't know… if it were you, would you knowingly stay close to someone who you believe would mock you once they learn certain facts about you? Like for example, you know if you tell X that you shampoo only once per two weeks, X will mock tf out of you. Would you still knowingly maintain friendship with them?
Was my friend dumb as I thought or really socially smart?