Is it okay to keep "little" secrets in your relationship?
Oh, the secrets we keep...even from the one we love most.
Especially from the one we love most.
You might be under the impression that there's nothing wrong with keeping a few secrets. It may even be a conscious decision for you. After all, you don't want to reveal too much too soon about yourself while you're dating. Even in a long-term relationship, staying a bit mysterious may be one of your strategies for keeping passion alive.
Think twice before messaging the cutie who claims he's an Ivy League-educated CEO with a soft side!
According to Scientific American magazine, more than 90 percent of people lie in their online dating profiles. Women in their 20s and 30s slyly deduct anywhere from five to 20 lbs. from their weight, while men tend to lie about income, education level and, yes, relationship status. Yikes.
Here, we count the ways regular folks get creative while creating sexier versions of themselves online.
You told your boyfriend about the lunch you had with your colleague, but forgot to mention it was with a hottie man who works on another floor. He told his age, kind of, but round off to the nearest zero. They're tiny little stretches of the truth, meant to do no harm. Instead white lies are spouted instead to spare your partner's feelings and be polite. But are these fibs doing harm to your relationship?
Knowing when and how to be honest is what will make your relationship last.
Though the conventional wisdom favors honesty above all else, cruelty and contempt often masquerade as honesty and are reliable predictors about the end of a relationship, and nothing encourages brutal honesty like marriage or a long-term relationship. Here are seven ways to build kinder, gentler honesty into your marriage.
Is it OK to tell a white lie? What is a lie you have been told?
In what circumstances is it OK to be dishonest? Some people think the key to communication is honesty? But do little white lies really hurt a relationship? YourTango goes to the street to find out when it's OK to lie and learns the craziest lies people have been told and have heard.
