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As mentioned earlier, revealing too much about yourself may give people the wrong impression or rather the impression you don't want them to have. In general, you do want to preserve some level of privacy. Susan Heathfield says, “When you have worked in a particular work place for a long time, people will tend to know more about your personal world, simply from longevity. As an example, they know when you took a week off work when your mother died. They know you left for the day when your son got sick at school. This level of knowledge about each other is fine, and, depending on the work place, almost unavoidable... I also think people need to leave their personal and family issues and problems at home. If a co-worker is going through a divorce you can extend some sympathy (or joy!), without having to hear all the details. It's a two-way street, however, as co-workers need to leave each others' privacy intact by not prying as well.”