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How different is your public persona from the one your family knows?

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Some people treat their closes with blatant disregard and even cruelty, yet treat their friends, colleagues, even mere acquaintances, with kindness.

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Have you ever overheard people describe or talk about someone you know very well and wondered whether they were referring to the same person?

I ask this because I once attended an event where I happened to sit with a group of people that worked with someone I had known for years.