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[cherry]

I'm not talking about a really viscous book. I am talking about revealing some sort of personal information ,that a private person might not want  plastered all over the place.

I don't think I could do it, especially if this person had been my employer for decades and treated me well.

[golding76]

No, I would not.

Several relatives, now dead, either confided certain confidences to me (or I indirectly learned of some indiscretion on their part), and I swore to take these things to the grave with me.  I did not swear to them but to myself.  In fact, I never told one uncle of the one juicy bit of info I learned by chance through my employment.  

To me, it is a privilege to keep a confidence and to protect the legacy of a loved one.  It is the decent thing to do, in my book.

To answer your question, again that answer is no.  I feel that it would be a betrayal to write about someone who had been kind -- even an employer who was not always kind.

[Trinity11]

No, I would not. 

[CANDLEQUEEN]

Absolutely not! I could not be that mean!

[occasionalrain]

No. I have never betrayed a confidence and never will. I've had friends who turned out not to be. I would happily see them dead but would never betray their cofidences. Personal honor is important to me. I care what I think of myself and not much of what others think of me.

[cherry]

A lady that had fit the Queen, and  other  high profile people wrote a book about it ,disclosing some personal information that might have been a bit embarrassment ,for a lady of a certain age ,to be   printed.  I don't think there was anything really awful she disclosed.

She  went on to say how  well she had been treated by them, and I don't think money was an issue for her. She sounds very well off

I just thought it was something I couldn't do to someone I liked  @golding76  I see we are kindred spirits 

[golding76]

Yes, cherry, we are.  There are just certain things you do not do when you follow a "North Star of Decent Behavior." 

I'll probably be attacked by someone who will say that such a star is open to interpretation and is personal, but to that I say "nonsense."  Inside, most of us have a decent behavior meter, and we know what measures in the good zone on it.  We just do. 

[cherry]

She lost her Royal Warrant because she did this.  I can't believe she didn't understand this would upset  people, and went right  on and did it anyway..  I would feel so treacherous ,if I were her

[deepwaterdotter]

I wouldn't even write a book about someone who had been unkind to me.  I can't imagine that my opinions and/or judgments would be of interest to anyone but me.  

[DREAMON]

Absolutely not ......I would not want it done to me and hope others would show respect. Unfortunately respect seems to be something that many have never heard of.