Years ago pregnant women were not allowed to play Squash.  (a couple of years later that ruling changed and I played till 7mths pregnamt)  Anyway. I digress.... one of my close friends came to me and confides she is pregnant and was pulling out of pennant but wanted to keep playing in the social pennant... I said okay as long as you don't tell anyone because if it is reported to me I will have to tell you to stop playing.  No, no, Bren I am only telling you as you are my friend.  Imagine my shock when a couple of weeks I am down on the court playing her and wrong footed her and she fell over flat on her tummy!!  When the whole gallery gasped  with horror.... now normally this would not stir more than someone calling out "are you ok"  I was gobsmacked and when we came off the court and back upstairs the rest of my team come to me and said "did you not know she was pregant"  before I could reply one of my friends said you looked shocked... well, yes I was as I believed I was keeping her secret and nobody else knew.

Can you keep a secret? Keeping a secret for someone else is a huge responsibility.  When you are asked to keep a secret, you need to be able to keep your word. If you can’t, then your word means nothing and you are not respecting your friend. No matter how stupid, inconsequential or controversial the piece of information is, if it’s not for you to share. If you have a misunderstanding with your friend it doesn’t give you the right to tell the secret to others as retaliation. If you do so, you may cause irreparable harm to your friendship.