Test the ice before you walk on it. Same rule for new friends who want your secrets on day two.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Trust gets measured in small weights before you put your whole body on it. Somebody who wants everything by the second conversation has not been tested yet, and the speed of the asking is its own piece of information. It is not always a bad sign, but it is never enough of a good one.

Offer something small first and watch what happens to it over a two weeks. Does it come back to you, does it turn up in a group chat, does anything get handed back the other way. The ice holds or it does not, and you only learn that in order.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Who asked for your secrets before earning any trust?

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