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Volume 34- What Secrets Should You Keep?

A wise man once told me, “Make sure you tell your girlfriend everything about your past to avoid any drama.” Of course, he said this shortly before she broke up with him…I didn’t get all of the details, but it was something about a strange Angela from “Who’s the Boss” fetish that he had.

So with this in mind, there are some things that you may want to keep to yourself when getting to know someone. After all, we have all been guilty of making mistakes in the past, and some of those need to be left right there…in the past. So here are Three Secrets That Aren’t Worth Telling.

1. The number of past sexual partners.

Let’s be honest with each other for a moment. No one really wants to know how many sexual partners you’ve had before them…no one. So unless, your name is Mary and you have a fondness for mangers and wise men, then keep that number to yourself. Guard it like Al Sharpton guards that last bit of “Just for Me.”

2. That you don’t have the best credit score.

Unless she has a ring on her finger, and is preparing to spend the rest of her life with you, then your credit score is none of her business. So avoid the temptation of letting her know that you ran up enough credit card debt to fund a small third world nation. Just focus hard on improving yourself right now, and by the time she does have a right to know, you would have turned the corner by then.

3. The way you cheated in the past.

This is a big one. Just because you finished 3rd in the 1989 Player of the Year Competition, doesn’t mean you have to share those sordid details with her. In fact, the last thing that she needs to know is that you were a habitual cheater. She’ll instantly think that you will be doing more of the same with her…which doesn’t necessarily promote a trusting relationship. So zip it up, and throw away the key.

The Fly Guy Moral

I am in no way asking you to be dishonest when getting to know someone. I’m simply asking you to think twice about freely sharing certain details of your life. Not everyone deserves to know the most intimate details of your past…so don’t waste that knowledge on a person that will be out of your life faster than those new year’s resolutions that you always make.