Masks

There are some things that we hide away from the rest of the world.  It could be a trait, an object, or even our true selves.  Like great actors and actresses in sold out theatres, we choose a character and present that face to the people around us.  Eventually, you let the character go and hope everyone understands it wasn't really you.  I guess my question is, what happens when people prefer who you were pretending to be to who you actually are?