The truth hurts
SHOULD you share all past relationship details with your partner? Some people say yes, some say no. But a word to the wise is sufficient for the people below who said no, because this is what happened when they overshared.
Althea, 35:
I told him my ex and I had a healthy financial relationship, and he was the kind of person I trusted with anything to do with money. He said he, an investment banker, was of the same character as my ex, and that we should open a car wash and restaurant together, as a way of starting to build wealth as a couple. I had no previous experience that would have warned me off, so I invested in the business and it did well for a while, until the bills were more than the customers and we had to sell it. If I had just kept my mouth shut, he would have stuck to advising other people about money.
Marie, 44:
I told him my ex cheated on me and got the other woman pregnant, and that I had stuck with him for a while, and even helped with the baby. His response was, ‘wow, how could he cheat on a queen like you?’ Well, I guess that he thought he should follow the trend, because he did the exact same thing, and said I had forgiven my ex, so I owed him the same courtesy.
Abby, 30:
I answered truthfully the question of which boyfriend was the better lover, and you can just imagine what happened after.
Kiana, 31:
He said sharing details of the mistakes we made in our previous relationship could help chart the course of ours, so we wouldn’t make the same mistakes. He asked why exactly my ex and I never worked out, I confessed that I cheated more than once, and suddenly, I was the bad guy. He just couldn’t handle me baring it all, I guess.
