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I know one couple who over-share about their past and, quite frankly, it gets them into a lot of trouble. Each time the woman in the couple—with whom I’m the closest—calls me to tell me about a new fight she’s in with her boyfriend, the story starts with someone saying something about their past. When I hear these stories I’m always thinking, “Well that was a totally unnecessary thing to tell your partner.” Of course I believe that we should have open communication with our partners. But can we also agree that, we’ve all done things in the past that are no longer representative of whom we are and that would simply upset our partners without giving them any insight into our personalities? Yeah. Probably, right? On that note, here are things your partner does and doesn’t need to know about your past.
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Useful: You’ve been married
Obviously, your partner should know if you were married in the past. If he were to discover through public record (that’s out there, remember) that you were once married and hadn’t told him, he’d feel that this was a massive betrayal.
