Here's my pet peeve with a caveat: to those I hold it against, I admire the most..
Just because you're in the darkest chasms of the closet, hiding things from the ones you love most, doesn't mean that you are a dishonest, lying, cheating, going to hell in a hand-basket individual. There are circumstances beyond your knowledge that disqualifies you from making statements such as: "Honesty is the best policy!" "If she loves you, she will accept you for who you are."
If it works for you, fine, I admire you...but please, don't preach to people whose whole lives could be turned upside down if their secret got out.
There! I've said it...now where's the "exhale" smiley?
