answer:Naw. Not friends. People don’t tell friends anything. A Bartender is a stranger whose job is to listen without judging. They sell more booze that way. Doctors judge. They have to. They have to decide what is going on with people. If a doctor were to stop judging, they couldn’t do their job. So yes, people tell bartenders secrets because they are anonymous. They don’t tell the bartender their name, just as at fluther. You can say anything, and it won’t get back to you because the bartender doesn’t know who you are. If you tell a doctor, you will be held responsible for it. There’s no way around that.