Obfuscation

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When I was a child, my parents never pretended there was a Santa for me or my siblings. Personally, I felt uncomfortable whenever my classmates discussed their own Santa experiences around me. However, I said nothing to my classmates to both avoid arguments and to preserve their innocence.

This very same tactic was used to preserve my own innocence when I was in high school. I had a friend who was extremely suicidal. I did not know why he was so sad, but I sat with him and did my best to support him. Despite my trauma-ignorant self pleading to know the source of his pain, my friend kept mum about it for over a decade. This obfuscation protected my innocence in a big way.

Has anyone ever obfuscated a truth to protect your innocence? How? Comment to let me know!

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