One said, expressing oneself isn't counted as complaining. Personally, being expressive can be counted as complaining, praising, judging and so on. For example, "I will be having a lonely christmas eve this year," or "I like your hair." These are all expressions, also, they are too complain and compliment. Another friend said, being expressive is important. As you open up to the others and they do the same thing too. This will eventually tighten up the bond in between. Not to mention it is too depending on how much you express yourself. I was thinking, what if that particular person just doesn't like it? Well, perhaps it takes time a little.