[Redway]

I don’t mean loose acquaintances and other people, if not complete strangers, that you don’t owe that much of yourself interpersonally to. I mean within the circle of people you regard as at-least a C-grade friend (perhaps peripheral but definitely more than just an acquaintance). Are you a jaded cynic or do you just take them as they are and not give a second thought as-to what they might really think and say about you behind closed doors (e.g., out of envy; misunderstandings, rumours, aura)?