Do you play stupid to hide the pain??
825493
Move on.  Life is too short to waste your time & your heart on someone who does not value you enough to be honorable & to be truthful.  You should value yourself enough not to waste your time on someone who is out shopping around for something better than you.  You cannot get upset if you choose to play stupid because you will be "settling" & this is what you can expect for the future.  Cut your losses while you are ahead.  Move on.
710816
I make jokes about myself to myself, and I also tell a good friend I trust what I did, and sometimes their point of view makes me feel better, and sometimes they think I'm a fool too and they help me laugh about it.  After a while the humiliation goes away and you forget about it until the next time you get embarrassed.  Everyone goes through it, so don't be too hard on yourself.
748584
Sometimes, when you need to be... but you should express how you feel, some people cant handle the truth... its always a soft spot, just let em have it easy...
558490
Dont play with his feelings like that cause someone could get hurt. Just tell him and get it over with. Cause if you do that, he will think that you are full of games. And being dishonest is the worst way of starting a relationship.
684719
I tried to "keep" someone in my life ....not once but twice.....If you have to try and feel like your at the 75 yard line in enemy territory and playing against yourself....you HAVE to let go and move on.....
937315
Its only one of 2 things at that point.....either they  care about you or they are trying to torture you.  Personally I would not answer because if you were the one who got hurt, then you are opening up old wounds.   live in the present and forget the past.
477924
no if i did someone would be getting hurt real bad and wouldn't make it to tell about it.\n\nI feel so awful when things like that happens.\nPeople are so sick out in this world.
1043466
Of course not! We all know that NOW, but at the time when the thing is happening, well that's another story! Practice using the techniques that will allow you to not become upset the next time you feel it coming on. I have been doing this for a while and it actually works most of the time!
170023
I have done these types of things often- its kinda a regular thing with me. So- Stand up, smile deliberatly, take a bow, wave to everyone- then run like hell. You may feel dumb, but everyone else will think the way you played it off was pretty good. Just remember that everyone does these thing at one point or another, what is important is not what the embarrassing thing was, but how you handled it.
363927
YES!!!!!!!! It may hurt, but it's gonna hurt them more as time goes on. Even a note, just something!!!!\n\nI would want to know, no matter how much it may hurt. The facts are it's gonna hurt no matter what, so let me know so I can get on with my life and find someone who deserves me and plays fair.
1001134
What is the purpose for telling the secret?  Most of mine are of stuff other people have asked me to take to the grave and barring further instructions I intend to do so.  I will not break my word to one friend for another, unless something really bad is going down.  If it is something that serves no purpose other than a desire of someone to "know" something, then I would obviously just say, "look, I'm sorry, there are things I JUST can't talk to you about."  But if it were the case of my friend going through some trying time and knowing that I went through something similar or just even something bad so that I could speak out of sympathy or just give them a frame of reference I would do so, even if it meant explaining what I mean by Barrymore-Arquette syndrome.
389322
I do it all the time, lol if its a real heated roleplay i sometimes do it outside of my head, only if noones around. Im glad you asked, cuz now i feel normal
1115699
Yes. Holding back a smart answer!\n\nSometimes (but not often enough!) I hold back a one-liner even when it is good.  It is good practice for trying to keep quiet when a smart answer might make fun of somebody and hurt them.
571962
Same thing I do when someone stupid wants to talk to me. I smile and nod and every once in a while I say "I'm sorry" Most people feel better after they have vented. Even if your not paying one bit of attention to any words they are saying!
695416
You are being toyed with, from the way it sounds at least. I wouldn't put up with that. It is never fun to be at the butt end of someone else's game, whether it is a malicious one or not.
871930
He probably would not show it.  Most of us guys have fragile egos and wouldn't risk exposing those deep DEEP down, tucked away feelings, no matter how strong they are and no matter how much it hurts us to keep it in...Yeah, stupid.
820396
yes. if you do NOT love to keep pain OUT, then you also cannot let LOVE IN!! it's a risk but one worth taking!! just use your HEAD and not always your heart for guidance!!