We have said time and again that trust and honesty are the backbones of any good relationship. Married couples are very honest with each other and it keeps the marriage stronger. But does this also hold true for relationships barely getting off the ground? On the contrary, revealing too much about yourself to your partner can leave you vulnerable. Truth can be too much for us to handle, like Jack Nicholson said in A
Few Good Men. Revelations of deep, dark secrets in a six-month affair can shake the foundation of the relationship.
So how would you know what to reveal and what to conceal. An embarrassing but treatable disease/disorder, like dyslexia or have IBS (Irritable
Bowel Syndrome), should take spend some time in the dark. To make sure that your girlfriend will love you and not your wallet, keep your income to yourself. Most importantly, your girlfriend doesn't need to know the names of the 42 women you had sex with. There are also things that you should be honest about from the start, like if you cheated on her or with another girl, your plans on where to take the relationship, and where you will be going exactly every Friday nights. There's a time to talk and a time to shut up.
