Taboo relationship practice: Keeping secrets
It can be considered taboo to keep secrets from your significant other. After all, you’re partners and best friends, and therefore have to tell each other everything, right? If you don’t want to, it’s perfectly OK to keep a couple of things secret.
There’s this belief that to have a strong romantic relationship, we need to be an open-book with our partner. But psychologists don’t think that’s the case. It might sound counterintuitive, but there are secrets you SHOULD keep from your partner.
If you don’t want to share something private about your past, then don’t. Suppose you’re mulling over an issue and aren’t ready to communicate.
It’s all about deciding what’s suitable for your relationship with your gut. Doing so will create the sort of relationship that’s right for you.
