my dear acquaintance...

how do you ever really know you know someone?  people are always changing, shifting, growing, or... sadly not, even as everyone changes around them.  People have filters about what they share, assumptions cause miscommunication, what is meant is not what is said.  it's so confusing sometimes.  you can think you know someone, and then they say something that makes you stop and think, "really?"  but then, how well do the people in my life really know me?  Some definitely know me better than others, and some know different sides of me that others will likely never see.  maybe that's bad, or maybe its a self defense mechanism.