Will honesty make your relationship stronger?
People are always asking for honesty in relationships — a level of freedom in knowing that your partner can tell you anything and you can do the same. It’s the type of union where you can confess your sins, and if the ship hits rough seas, you will be both able to ride it out.
But can you handle the whole truth? Does spilling all the beans, all the time, strengthen or harm a relationship?
Tanya, 33:
Honesty can make or break a relationship. It’s not everything certain people can handle.
Geoff, 41:
This is the thing that I don’t get with women, they will ask for honesty and then when they get it they are the first ones to jump up and end the relationship. There is no working it out, no ‘let’s sit and talk about it’. All the loving speeches that they give you before you tell them the truth will go out the door and in will walk the profanity, the cold shoulder, and the sporadic outbursts of anger. So no, I don’t think that being honest strengthens any relationship. And if anyone says it does, those are the women I would walk wide from because they are the bipolar women with pent-up anger and rage, and you don’t know when they are going to explode.
Roxanna, 28:
Honesty is a good thing to have in any relationship, either with a boyfriend, sister, mother or friends. Being open not only exposes the truth, but it also shows a person’s vulnerability in wanting to be truthful, no matter what the outcome. Being completely honest says a lot about a person’s character and it can make a relationship stronger.
Benny, 39:
Nuh everything weh good fi eat good fi talk. I think it depends on the person you are with. If you know that the person you are with can’t handle hints at the truth or the full truth, then you should be careful what you say because it might blow up in your face. Honesty overall is good for a relationship, but so are half-truths. It’s not like you’re lying, you’re just telling your truth in bite-sized pieces.
Opal, 43:
It depends on what they are being honest about. There are some things that I can deal with and then there are others that are deal-breakers. Sometimes being honest can save a relationship, but sometimes it can kill it. Not even life support can save some relationships when the cat gets out of the bag.
