Is It Necessary To Share All Or Some Of Our Past With Our Partners?
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2
I have always been one of those people who keeps everything to herself. My thing is that everyone’s business is no one's. “So, when a girlfriend of mine asked me whether she should share her past with her new boyfriend, my response was that it all depends on how comfortable you feel with him knowing about your past or if he truly cares to know.”
I have had experiences where friends of mind shared their past with their partner and all hell broke loose. The person held it against them for the duration of the relationship until she left him. I have also experienced in my own life when someone I was seeing shared their past with me and I didn’t care. It didn’t matter.
What it balls down to is who the person is, and how much they can or can’t handle about their partner’s past. “You have to ask yourself, will this bring us closer together or distance us? Will it cause us to have an emotional connection that will enhance our relationship?”
If you are two people who are in a relationship and you're not married, I wouldn’t be so quick to talk about my past. Unless you both are in it for the long haul, there are things in your past that have nothing to do with your…
