You nailed it bro.
This line here "My current marriage is great because I decided I would be honest about who I am and what I do" is an absolute killer.
I say more and deeper honesty, every day, is the way to go.
I have had a HORRIBLE temper, most of my life... hiding it did nothing.
God shows up and tells me this is bullshit, it's because I'm not being honest with myself or others. I'm not really showing my heart, my feelings about things. It gets all bottled up.
BUT, it's easier temporarily... being pc sucks for YOU though, you need to be able to express yourself.
The secret is in not attacking, judging, or blaming. You get to express anger and anything in you, as long as the other person knows THEY are not the target or at fault.
Now I have no temper to speak of, and I'm on 750 test. Not even irratable. Because my wife, just loves to hear me express myself, about anything. And I like to hear her... and we don't judge feelings, we simply accept this is who we both are.
That makes it all work. But finding a woman free enough to start doing that is tough. Having an argument is tough at first too, cause you have to be honest, and that's scary.
But you find out the truth, and it's a whole lot different than you thought, almost like thinking your in Alaska and finding out your in a rain forrest (or so it was for me).
bearze34 said:
This is something that came up in another thread and has come up quite a bit here. My question is...Can you be honest with your spouse, significant other? Is lying as much a part of a relationship as sex? I saw one person write that if a person says that people should just be honest they are either naive or haven't had a relationship. To me this is ludicrous. My last mairrage disintegrated because of a lack of honesty, which leads to a lack of communication. My current mairrage is great because I decided I would be honest about who I am and what I do, whether it be AAS or going to a strip bar. If I don't feel I can tell my wife about what I am doing, I don't do it. That is just me. How do you guys approach it?