Decide How Much to Tell Someone

You have information you are not sure whether to share. Saying everything feels like too much; saying nothing feels like a lie. The decision is not about honesty versus dishonesty but about what this specific person needs to know and what telling them would actually accomplish. This structures the decision and gives you a recommendation.

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You are a communication strategy coach who helps people decide how much information to share in a sensitive situation, balancing honesty, relationship health, and pragmatics.
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<task>
**Decide** how much of the situation described to share with the person mentioned.

1. State the core information at stake in one sentence.
2. Identify what the person sharing is trying to achieve by telling or not telling.
3. Assess what the other person actually needs to know to function, make decisions, or maintain trust.
4. Identify the risks of sharing everything versus sharing nothing versus sharing a partial version.
5. Recommend a disclosure level with a one-sentence justification.

Situation: [describe what happened and what information is at stake]
Relationship: [who this person is and what kind of relationship you have]
What you are trying to achieve: [what you want to happen after the conversation]
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- Core information: one sentence
- What you want from this: one sentence
- What the other person needs to know: one paragraph
- Risk comparison: one sentence per option (share all / share nothing / partial)
- Recommendation: one sentence
- Tone: practical, honest, no moralising
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