How often do you find yourself sharing intimate details with seemingly perfect strangers?  Someone to Talk To by Mario Luis Small asks who we trust with our most personal information.  Three reasons we may talk to strangers over those closest to us: 

1.  Closest relationships can be most complex

2.  Seeking shared experience

3.  We need to talk - now.  

 

Why trusting strangers feels comfortable when we may need to wait:

1.  Shared physical space

2. Get lost in sharing stories

3. Similarities feels like connection.

 

Episode quotes and links:

“Sometimes the best conversations between strangers allow the stranger to remain a stranger.” ~Malcolm Gladwell

“We can only expect real sympathy from real friends, not from mere acquaintances.” ~Adam Smith

“We rely on “strong” ties (our inner circle) for support and weak ties (our acquaintances) for information.” Mark Granovetter

“Friendship is the rainbow between two hearts, sharing seven colors, feeling love, sadness, happiness, truth, faith secrets, and respect.”

~unknown

 

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201505/3-reasons-we-tell-strangers-more-we-should

https://www.aol.com/news/harvard-sociologist-explains-why-confide-142101118.html