Truth In A Public Forum

[nomads-quill.livejournal.com]

I apologize if this has been asked before.

I am going through another episode. A bit of the coming apart at the seams.

My primary journal is LJ. I keep a lot of stuff private. But I am curious: how do you all decide how much of yourselves -this thing we all share- how do you decide how much is public? How much of yourself/ves do you show?

Thanks for the thoughts. I am in all sorts of debate on this. Do I show this or not?

Comments

[ricktboy.livejournal.com]

We went through this dilemna recently. Usually, we all keep our journals public, because we have nothing to hide, and are open about everything...until *cue music*...A girl who was friends with Alana in life, coincidentally, was also on my flist...and she posted recently about the anniversary of Alana's death(in case you don't know, Alana lives inside with us, she came her after no longer wanting to be where she was after her body's death)...ANYWAY, I posted a comment(on alana's request)that said something to the effect of "i miss her too, but she lives on in us"...(we all, for lots of reasons, decided to not go public with alana's presence here, and my statement was meant as, "lives on in ALL OF us"...)but it wasn't taken that way...

She responded to me, after reading not only MY journal, but Liz's as well(She has since F-locked her journal), then our faq on our website...and everything else she could find about alana's presence here, and QUOTED IT back to me, saying I was a loony, and I shouldn't try to bullshit a bullshit artist...and how if Alana really was inside with us, she should contact her parents, and write this chick a letter...well, I won't rant on it, because I could, but the point of this is...when it comes to multiplicity, for us, we have to be careful...

Liz is still the only one who's journal is f-locked...I don't give a rat's ass...and alana only posts in liz's journal, and hardly ever...

Faith, Rick and the rest
of Pack Collective