I deal with this issue on a
"need to know basis". And I don't feel like I'm "covering up" when I don't tell certain people the real story. I agree with Daffodil, there are a lot of people who just don't get it. Having said that, I will have to share my favorite Stephen King quote. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of "understanding ears" out there. This place is the exception to that rule.
"The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them—words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that, isn’t it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you’ve said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That’s the worst I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear."
- Stephen King
"The Body"
"Four Past Midnight"