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Is it okay to vent to a friend or family about something that is bothering you?

I vented something to a family member about something that was bothering me about my sister-in-law...WELL it got back to her and guess what ALL HELL BROKE LOSE. I never spoke badly about her, just spoke about what was bothering me. She lashed out at me and asked me why I was gossiping about her. I don't think I was gossiping about her....I never told my cousin something that I heard....I was venting to my cousin about something that was bothering me, something that happened to me. So what do you guys think......am I aloud to vent about something that is bothering me?
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Ventimng is something we all so at times, let's face it! Sounds to me as if you choose rthe wrong person to vent to cause they obviosly didn't respect you enough to keep what you said in confidence. Next time, just make sure whoever you tell is somone worthy of hearing what you have to complain about. I can keep secrets, ... unless they they are actually funny, and that is not!
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Posted Aug 12th, 2009 at 2:00PM
yes you should be able to do this but you have to know who wont spill the beans before you do so!...
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Posted Aug 19th, 2009 at 2:58PM
yes, you are allowed to vent , but you need to have the right person to vent too. never vent about family to family.Never vent about friend in the same circle of friends and don't vent about your husband to anyone who knows him.
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Posted Aug 12th, 2009 at 1:44PM
it SHOULD be not only ok but HEALTHY - vent to someone else in the future - pick one of the wacky but caring people on EP if nothing else
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Posted Aug 12th, 2009 at 1:53PM
Of course it is! If you vent not - then crazy you shall become...
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Posted Aug 12th, 2009 at 2:19PM
Of course you can! A lot of the time, I'm scared to tell family and friends what's bothering me, but most of the time I feel better when I do. Of course there are those occasional times that all hell breaks loose, but it can't happen all the time. =)
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