Will you tell your partner your deepest secrets?

@bingskee (5234)
Philippines
October 12, 2010 11:01am CST
Before being in a relationship, we all have our own separate lives from our partners. We may or may not have ugly experiences. We may or may have had a number of relationships, some of which are something to cherish . Will you tell your partner your deepest secrets? It may not be important when you will decide to tell, but will you tell him or her? Or - Given that you are currently in a relationship and had a secret but short affair with another, are you going to tell your partner about this? On the first situation, past is past so it will be better to lay the cards before having them discovered by your partner. On the second situation, I think it all depends on how you assess the situation. It all depends on how one is ready for the consequences.
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@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
12 Oct 10
When I was with my ex, I felt obligated to tell him everything or else I'd feel guilty. But now that we're not together, I regret telling him everything and it didn't really make a difference if I said or not. If there is a past that is really important to me and my partner is really important to me, I may share it with him. But other things that are not important to me, I wouldn't.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
i think what is important is we must know what to tell.
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
13 Oct 10
That's deeeeep and so true!!
• India
13 Oct 10
I will not because I live in a country where people are not so broadminded to let go your past relationships. If I were in USA or France or other country, where people take such secrets as casual and understand such things are common and natural then thing would have been different.
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
so, this is what they say as cultural...
• Portugal
13 Oct 10
i think yes^^ we must share all about our past^^ if person loves us loves us for who we are^^ and also even knowing our past. we must always share even if we stole, if cheated, if did something really bad. i think we must share and if person doesnt accept us is bcs doesnt really love us. bcs if we tell means that that person is so important to us that we even tell bad things that still hurt us from our past. so yes we should always tell^^ and im sure if person really loves us will not care for that and will loves us still^^
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
lucky for somebody if he or she finds a partner who will be understanding enough to listen to secrets.
@aurel83 (102)
• United States
13 Oct 10
i prefer not to tell my deepest secret to my partner because to me that could trigger a bigger problem, especially if my deepest secret is about someone else in my past. my partner does not like to be compared and he also does not like me talking about somebody in my past. so it would be better for me to keep that secret myself than i hurt my partner;s feeling. i agree that being honest in a relationship is important but there are still boundaries about what secret should we tell and which is not..
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
i respect that, aurel. in some aspects, i tend to agree with you.
@sapaki (54)
• India
13 Oct 10
All guys(husbands) are not ready to accept the secrets. We have to see that how our partner nature is and reveal the secret. It may hurt, disappoint, get angry to your partner. Once you discuss your secret you have to be ready to answer all of his questions and should face all situations comes after that. It is not good have the secret relationship after marriage.
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
i think it is not fair to generalize that all the guys could not understand if their partners tell them their secrets. some guys will try to understand. i agree that it is not good to have 'secret relationships' after marriage, which are called as affairs, too.
@marj22 (73)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
Yes, i would tell my partner my deepest darkest secret because i believe that by telling the truth you will have a peaceful and good relationship with your partner. If ever your partner gets cold after you have revealed your secret, then maybe your partner does not really love you that much that he/she cannot accept you as who you really are.
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
not every act of honesty would be equivalent to peace. there are those who would not understand.
• United States
12 Oct 10
It all depends on what really needs to be revealed to them or what they should really know about you I often feel that certain aspects about yourself should never be revealed ever... unless of course you were involved with the local law enforcement and were arrested for serious crimes however things that you did with past lovers, or mistakes you made as a child or as a teenager shouldn't especially if it will only cast a negative shadow on your reputation as an honorable person.. again I think weighing out the pros and cons about your decision to reveal anything about yourself should be taken into consideration esp if you expect to have a meaningful and long term relationship
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
TO EVERYONE: my apologies about the post, i found it to have a number of error. i was so sleepy last night i just have to write these thoughts as i might forget them. please bear with me. i believe it is important to weigh things, as you said, before telling. i could not agree more that it depends on what you are going to tell. i think if it does not necessitate someone to tell something that would just ruin the relation or blemish a person then it would do him good not to tell. the question is, are you being not loyal when you do not tell?
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• Philippines
12 Oct 10
i would bring it up like ''im gonna tell u my biggest secret ever'' and then wait for the reaction if it's good or bad (bad being he will go tell everyone). if it's bad reaction then i would make something up. lol
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
making something up would not make it easy..
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@sender621 (14894)
• United States
12 Oct 10
Your partner is someone you should be able to share anything with. Your deepest darkest secrets are something that should be confided in the closest one to you. i would definitely count my partner as that person. I would not be ashaned to share any secrets with my partner no matter what they may be.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
what if the secret that you are going to tell happened during the relationship and not before the relationship? will you be willing to tell a grave deed that could strengthen or weaken the relationship? one is blessed to have a partner that will try to understand. and i guess it would be dependent on the person, situation, and the act that was committed.
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• United States
12 Oct 10
I am quite a personal person, simply because I have been hurt way too many times in my life. Currently with my live in partner, we pretty much share everything within reason. If if is not something that could and will impact him and vice verse I do not see why we need to open any can of worms per say. However since we have been together we should not have deep secrets from one another as then our relationship is not based on truthfulness.
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
i have to agree that there is no need to open a can of worms. and ideally, being together a couple must not keep anything from each other. thank you for sharing your thoughts.
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@swissheart (6482)
• Romania
12 Oct 10
I would like us to have a relationship in which we could talk about eveything, but there are always things thta you should keep to yourself. the more a person knows about you, the more chances you have to end up hurt. I'm not saying that your boyfriend/girfriend might want to hurt you, but you never know...
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
hi, there, swissheart. it is not really easy to trust enough but i know that if one loves much then there will be confidence in telling.
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@jasonnaez (134)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
Because of conflicting interest, today's relationships are so unpredictable that it could turn from good to bad and bad to worst. Your best buddy or partner (whatever you want to call it) today could become your greatest enemy tomorrow. So there is a bit of a wisdom in keeping personal secrets within the confine of its owner. Loyal and trust worthy friends or partners have become hard to find nowadays. Besides, telling secrets to someone serves no good purpose at all.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
hello, jasonnaez. i admire you for being honest in saying how you feel about the issue. though i must say not everybody shares your opinion. i have to say that i am not also comfortable telling everything. i mean, there are things in the past that do not need to be talked about so it would be better that they are left unsaid. thank you for your thoughts.
@laurenn08 (125)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
If you really love someone you have to tell all the good and bad things happened to your life, i think that will be work out so fine, but you should be on timing, if he or she is in the bad mood don't talk about the bad thing, then if they are in the good mood start and initiate the story.
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
i think even if someone is in the mood, a secret will still be a secret that if told will elicit a reaction. the reaction will depend on the gravity of the secret.
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• Philippines
12 Oct 10
I have been cheated on not the other way around. I forgave him and tries to move on. The hurt went away as time passed bu there are days when it haunts you. I made it a point not to cheat thinking that if I don, it would't happen to me. Guess I was wrong...Secrets can haunt you. If you will not tell your partner, chances are another might. It will b e more hurtful if your partner find it out from another source. If its already in the past, I'm sure that a partner who has a broad mind would understand...or maybe not..
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@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
not all people can understand, couchpotato. not all people can accept that there are secrets of their partner left to discover or learn. and true, secrets do haunt.
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@chiumee (850)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
if i am a sick person (having a serious health problem), i know i have to tell my partner or potential partner that i have this and that. both scenarios you presented are valid actually. for some reasons i cannot define or express, i think there are things better to be prayed over and asked for forgiveness (and not to do it again) than to have it exposed and be the reason of your curse from someone else all your life. or perhaps, i don't know what i should do. this is just my opinion with the question, "what if...?"
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
17 Oct 10
well, chiumee, that could be a nice opportunity to say but there are things that need not be spoken..
@vijayanths (7877)
• India
12 Oct 10
I think it largely depends on your culture and the society you are living in. In India I think it's better to keep some secrets than to reveal them as they are going to bring only problems and dissatisfaction between the couple most times. and again there are a few things that you can't hide, if you do he/she will easily find out. In that case it's better to tell before being caught. In the end what we need is peace and happiness. We need to decide on these grounds.
• India
12 Oct 10
oh mel, why did you reveal our secrets? It is damaging my image on Mylot. vannie, you are too smart and you caught me so well.
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@vandana7 (98830)
• India
12 Oct 10
I know what you did last summer.
@vandana7 (98830)
• India
12 Oct 10
Vijayanths, mel - that was the name of a movie!!! So... the secret is out!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
15 Oct 10
I actually have no secrets that I keep between my husband and myself. I choose to not keep secrets between the two of us because I've seen far too many times that there have been secrets in relationships that will tear them apart. I do believe that if either my husband or myself would have an affair it would tear our lives apart and I'm not sure that we would be able to survive the damage from the affair, but my conscious wouldn't let me keep it a secret.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
17 Oct 10
sounds ideal to me, dorannmwin..
@vandana7 (98830)
• India
12 Oct 10
I am of the opinion that we should tell all the secrets. Better an honest version - even a confession - if need be, rather than some concoction from some foes.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
12 Oct 10
you must be a risk taker.
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@vandana7 (98830)
• India
13 Oct 10
Sweetie, the risk is either way! In fact, more if somebody else gets to carry tales. What is the point in getting into relationship, constantly fearing will somebody tell him, will he forgive, or how can I tell him the truth, he is not listening. By the time, emotional entanglement may get still deeper. If he is not broad minded enough to accept, the relationship is a non-starter. I am better off without it.
@vandana7 (98830)
• India
12 Oct 10
Psst... if it was rich, tell him I am more than willing!!!
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
I agree with you, i think it's ok if you tell all the infos and secrets you have hidden from the past from others to your partner now. I believe it's ok since no matter how ugly, bad or sad the secret may be, it happened in the past so you may as well open everything up to your partner. But on the second situation, i don't think i can say it to him. I know my partner can't handle it well and even if he loves me so much, he might not be able to control his temper and might actually hurt me. So better yet, i don't do such a thing to him. I always open everything up to my bf and so does he. I believe being open to each other is a very good thing in one relationship. No secrets can be kept forever...
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
that is a nice phrase - no secrets can be kept forever...
@iamjesca (185)
• Philippines
13 Oct 10
I choose not to tell him my secrets unless he ask me too. Because i believe that even though you share something. You still have the right to keep things private. There are also some secrets that maybe will cause hurt feelings for you partner. So I prefer to keep the secret rather than hurt him in the process of telling. Men are less curious of the women's past. And they tend to be passive. They only open up whenever the hear something from their fellow men. But girls tend to be more curious of the men's past. They want to know their exs and what happened to the them or the relationship. But then again, I have to say that if you guys respect privacy then maybe your secrets maybe kept safe. It depends on the person if he/she wanted to share. It is their secret anyway.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
that is a good observation - girls tend to be more curious. i believe it is true.