Love Questions Eleven
Courtesy of Short Sweet Love Poems
Some people go by the saying that honesty is the best policy. So, they would rather reveal everything to their partner upfront, including details of their past relationships.
On the other hand, others prefer to keep mum believing that there is little point in delving about the past as what is more important is the present and the future.
Would you want your partner to know how many people you have slept with in the past? Or how you have cheated on someone you once dated, for example? So, talking about your past relationships to your current partner can indeed be a difficult issue.
On to Love Q #11:
How frank should you be with your partner when it comes to your past relationships? How much of the details should you reveal?
This can be a bit tricky depending on the relationship and the questions asked. Obviously, it’s not exactly comfortable to have your partner asking, “What did you like best about sex with so and so?” Then again, I see no reason to lie about how many people you’ve slept with. (As long as someone isn’t asking you about it on the first date.)
Overall, I’m more on the side of honesty is best, but that’s in part because my partner is honest with me when I have questions. We also both know that we can trust each other not to hold our past against each other.
Then again, if you’re with someone who is going to hold your past against you, then maybe you shouldn’t be with that person in the first place.
But yes, if the questions don’t get too ridiculous and don’t make you uncomfortable, there’s no reason to lie.
What do you think?
(PS. What do you think about this tag? Is it an appropriate writing prompt for this site?)
July 13th, 2008 at 12:30 am
So, this is your other blog? I used to rely on prompts too from other sites to come up with my love poems. Whether a tag is suitable depends on the nature and theme of the site, I think. It all depends on what you want out of the site.
July 13th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Hi Aud.
Yep, this is another one of my sites. I’m trying to get an impression of what things people might like to see here, so I’m throwing in all the tags I do on other sites on top of the usual I put here. 