Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have them in the open
Its not bragging if its true.
How could they think Noel was hot? If this was REALLY Versailles, Noel SO would not be Louis XIV, he would be the French version of the village idiot
There are some remedies worse than disease.
Even if you're an adult you still have secrets and scandals following you.
I'm just saying -- you can't prevent other people from disappointing you. It's bound to happen at some point. We're all only human. What you can do is decide how you're going to deal with it.