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Friday, September 12, 2008
Taking it to My Grave
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When you first start dating someone you can be so enamored with them that you just can’t learn enough about them. It’s like you both have a veritable truth serum working its magic, making you spill all the juicy tidbits about who you are. Alright, well,snap out of the new love haze first, and really think about what you are doing. This can be quite the double edged sword.
It’s wonderful that the person you are dating is getting a fuller picture of who you are, but maybe there are a few things that should never, EVER be shared. We all have things that we are not proud of, but what about the things that you actually have no desire to ever, ever, ever reveal?
Is total honesty and full disclosure a good idea in a dating relationship?
What do you think would classify as the “no good can ever come from it” disclosure?
A few things that will go to my grave: My participation in a revenge plot for a close friend’s ex. The things we did to that guy shall never be uttered to anyone. No, seriously, it can’t. Like, I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement and everything.
My brief totally out-of character exploration into the wild side of Atlanta. I went, I saw, I got scared back to Vanilla-ville. I like it here, it works for me.
Before I got Whitley Gilbert’ed by my father, I had a little bit of a shopping problem in college. I am reformed now, but if my man knew how bad my retail fixation got, he would probably never let me near his American Express card ever.
I better stop here, but imagine if I shared gritty details of any of this with Mr. Wonderful before he got to know me, no good can ever come from him knowing these things!
Guys, you probably should not share any Dear Penthouse-like stories with us. Sure, ladies say they want someone experienced, but nobody really wants to get the dirty details of your swinging bachelorhood days. Ladies, you should take also take heed to this one. I think a lot of dudes prefer not to know details of your freaky past either. Bonus tip: Burn/destroy any evidence.
Ladies, it would behoove you not to confess any prior extreme crazy behavior. If you completed your anger management class, and uh it actually stuck, it’s perfectly alright to put that psycho chick behavior behind you!
What sorts of things do you think should be kept to yourself? Have you ever shared something in the spirit of honesty, only to have it backfire on you?
By the way, if you didn’t catch it, this post is totally tongue-in-cheek, so let’s keep it fun today. Happy Friday!
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