Would you tell your new wife/husband about your past?!

@efahad (36)
Saudi Arabia
September 3, 2006 4:49am CST
How far would you go telling your new wife/husband about your passionat past?! Is it ok to tell, is it dangerous to do so? Are there limitations, precautions ..etc?! A lot of people of all backgrounds need your advice..(I'm included):-)
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24 responses
@Roseate (185)
• Lebanon
19 Jan 07
I don't think their is a problem to do so....you should be honest, If I love someone I would like to know about his past, but yet it doesn't have to be a long story....just to know. I also need to know why his previous relationships ended...to know him better.
• India
8 Jan 07
i think there is no need tell about past. why u need to bring past in future it can spoil the present and future. there is few people in the world who forgive the patner's past.
@kalyani1 (183)
• India
17 Sep 06
Without any hestation I will tell my life partner about my past. It is essential that other person knows it. If you had mischeive past it is better u tell your partner before marriage, rather than the partner coming to know from other sources. It will bring in more trouble.
@dlufel (423)
• Australia
17 Sep 06
I believe there is no limitation. If you want to spend your life with someone, you have to be honest with each other. However, if your past really not that big deal, and you are in a very good condition with your couple, then i guess its quiet fair just to let the past be past.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
3 Jan 07
I would tell my wife or girlfriend about my past since you need to have honesty in a relationship. Honesty and communication and trust are very important in having a healthy relationship with one another. If the other person really loved you, they would listen and understand and forgive you if you had done something wrong or make a mistake.
• India
3 Jan 07
Yes !!! I would definitely tell my Husband about my past as truth is the base of any strong relation. My Husband have the right to know me & take me as I am.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
3 Sep 06
I would tell them because what if something happens and your past comes back and then they find out everything....they are going to be more mad than if you would have told them in the beginning. Besides, they should know all of that information BEFORE they marry you.
• United States
3 Sep 06
I told my husband about my life. And he told me about his life. We are from two different countries so it very interesting telling each other what we've done when we were growing up.
@Annilyn (117)
• United States
3 Sep 06
I believe you should be honest about your past...you know sometimes your past has a way of catching up with you anyway! Your past is just that..the past and he/she is your future so things in your past should not have an effect on anything. Being honest from the begining just shows your husband/wife that you will continue to be honest in the future.
@bhchy1 (6047)
• United States
3 Sep 06
I wouldn't marry someone with whom I couldn't be open and honest about myself..the good and not so good parts of my past both. Our past helped shaped who we are today. If they cannot hear and support all of you..they are not worth your time..If someone truly loves you they love ALL of you..the good and the bad.
@astrotink (169)
3 Sep 06
my partner knows all about me as I do him. I beleive our past moulds us into who we are, so if you have a hard past it could help you partner understand why you have hang ups and you can work together to improve your out look. you may have a past to be ashamed of but as long as your partner can accept it is the "PAST" so they will not use it against you. we all do things we may later regret but by keeping secrets it does not help the matter and it may come out later in the relationship and that can then cause more problems ie mistrusting for not being honest in the first place.
@anto86 (348)
• India
3 Sep 06
ya obviously...we should, to lead a soomth relationship...
@Sampson (30)
3 Sep 06
sure everything about my past i tell.
• Philippines
3 Sep 06
YES!i believe your partner deserves to know everything.its not just your present that he/she is marrying but your entire being...your past will always be a part of you that he/she needs to accept
@fritz27 (1136)
• United States
3 Sep 06
1. i think it would depend on your relationship. 2. is he the jealous sort, are you the jealous sort if he spills too. 3. let lieing dog lie.
@browneyes (395)
• United States
3 Sep 06
My husband and I have been together for over 20 years. Before we were married. We talked of are past. I with held nothing.. If a marriage is going to work. I believe that honesty is a major part of it.. Honesty is a way of building trust. with out it a marriage is doomed.
@browneyes (395)
• United States
3 Sep 06
My husband and I have been together for over 20 years. Before we were married. We talked of are past. I with held nothing.. If a marriage is going to work. I believe that honesty is a major part of it.. Honesty is a way of building trust. with out it a marriage is doomed.
@jhannon (1406)
• United States
3 Sep 06
of course i would your past is paert of who you are or were..If you dont have honesty in a relationship then theres no relationship..
@KHyuga (1694)
• Singapore
3 Sep 06
For me I'd just tell all. Nothing to hide really.
• Ireland
3 Sep 06
THATS A TRICKY ONE,MY PARTNER OF JUST 5 MONTHS HAS TOLD ME ALL ABOUT HIS PAST LOVES AND HOW HE CHEATED ON THEM BUT SAYS BECAUSE IM HIS FIRST LOVE IT WONT HAPPEN WITH ME(WE WERE TOGETHER 15 YEARS AGO) MOST OF THE TIME I FEEL HE SHOULD NOT OF TOLD ME AS IT STARTS OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH A NEGITIVE AND IF HE HAD A VERY PASSIONATE PARTNER IN THE PAST I FEEL I HAVE TO MATCH UP TO THIS INSTEAD OF MAKING OUR OWN LEVEL OF PASSION AND BYPASSING THIS LEVEL AS TIME GOES BY,I GET THAT WE SHOULD TELL SOME PAST EXPERIENCES BUT SURELY YOUR PARTNER WILL FIND OUT HOW EXPERIENCED AND PASSIONATE YOU ARE WHEN SPENDING TIME WITH YOU.