I have a foggy memory about a lot of things, but one incident I remember clearly: I was in high school. A friend and I had been talking to an adult, then it was just the two of us chatting. And my friend said something like, “You TALK differently when you are around adults, it is like you are a different person around different people,” and the tone of her voice made it clear that she meant it as an insult. I thought about it then (after feeling hurt), and I have pondered it since. Am I a “different person” around different people?? Am I one Susan to some, and a different Susan to others? I have grown a lot since my high school days. I like to think that over the last decade I have grown tremendously in my self-confidence and desire/ability to live an authentic, THIS IS ME , “open book” life. And yet… Incidents pop up every once in awhile that drive home the point that I do act differently around different people. And when I notice that happening, I try to sto