Is That Me in the Mirror?

Q: Do family and friends and their lives become fodder for your stories and, if so, do they ever recognize themselves and complain?
- from Susan (Sorry to be late posting.)
Yes and no. Yes, everyone I know has the potential to be fodder in some ways for my stories, usually so manipulated so that they would never realize it. Heck, I become fodder for my stories too. How do you write well about people without observing people?
Has anyone ever complained? Quite the reverse. My friend who moved...