When I was a student, after I had told a very beloved priest friend about my love for G (aged 7) I did tell some student friends also. I felt able to do this because my love for G was a particularly pure kind of love - the purest love I have ever known for sure. We went our separate ways at the end of college of course. When I started working I was no longer able to tell anyone about being bl and it became a part of the hidden me again.
When I was on probation decades later (for having pics on puter - because I no longer knew any kind of human love I think) I was on a course and the probation officer said, "arent you pleased to get all this off your chest?" or words to that effect. My answer was immediate. No, because the people I am with today are not the people I will be living with tomorrow.