What are you required to disclose in a committed relationship?

Some people feel that sharing too much of one’s inner life is bad for one’s emotional well-being. Some people also feel that others have no right to know certain things about one’s life.

I recently stopped going to church completely. I’m not hiding that information from anyone, but I’m not explaining why to anyone but my wife, because it is nobody’s business but mine.

Privacy has value.

Ah, I see you are a fan of the fine German classic Das Hund.

I dunno. That sounds nice, but if your partner is a head-in-the-sand person, that information (whatever it is) might not be something they can really afford to be ignorant about.

I generally feel that if it’s something big I’m going to be judged for I’d better get it out into the open and let the judging happen. Whether I tell or don’t tell, I’m the person who did X or Y. I’ll give him the opportunity to reject or accept all of me, rather than rejecting myself on his behalf.