it is a win and lose situation.
he should soon realize that while opening up will cause some trouble, most will not care and a few will connect with him more.
one can either be bored to death alone and walled or they can open up when the opportunity arises.
it is not a perfect world, not everyone can yell about what they love and not everything will be alright always, but if you can find like minded people everything makes it worth.
it is all a question of balance, taking risk and spicing life up.
that is what humans seek the most, like minded people, someone you can share a laugh or two.
and since he already have one, getting a second seems a lot less dangerous, since there is always a fall back.