Share, if you are so inclined some idiosyncrasies that mostly would remain unknown to a great many share of your acquaintances.
Right. Guess I get the first Go at it – so here goes nothing.
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[li]Acrophobia. Yep, I am afraid of heights. Something about gravity that makes me rather earthbound – no Superhero I.[/li]
[li]Fairly sure I snore. And not delicately either. Convince me that I need a septum repair to aid to your unhappiness. Or advise we live in separate beds/rooms[/li][/ul]
Would anyone else wish to share? Lame or risky is not the point, just things that you don’t think will add to the image you (try or do) project.
“My first child, my daughter, died when she was four months old. It was because of a birth defect called Trisomy 18 which is nearly always fatal. I really loved her a lot, but I’m Ok. It’s fine to ask me questions about her if you’re curious. It’s also fine not to.”
without it looking like a bid for sympathy. If we’re going to be friends you need to know this about me, but when I’m first getting to know someone there’s no way to know if we’re going to end up as real friends. This isn’t the kind of thing that comes up (usually) in the course of getting-to-know-you conversation so I’ve ended up in weird situations where I’ve known someone a year or more and hung out with them a lot, but they still don’t know this important piece of my life story. Then it gets really awkward if it does come up.