Letters to the Editor
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What???
How do you remember which things to not mention, which things are 'none of their business'? You're in a 'serious, long-term relationship' with someone and you have a whole minefield of things mapped out in your head, people and experiences to not mention or discuss even though they helped shape who you are today? How does that work? Building all those walls in my head would hurt my brain, not to mention hurting my relationship. It doesn't seem conducive to mental health, to me.
"This point and many similar posts seem to be rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding about the way men think."
WTF are you talking about, Amerigo? I'M a man, and that's how I think!
I have no interest in either lying to my girlfriend or decieving her by leaving out key parts of my personal narrative, and I expect the same from her.
True, I'm now the one and what came before doesn't matter... but your post indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of what I thought I clearly stated. I'll try again: Decieving or committing lies of omission in a relationship amounts to bad faith, plus keeping track of the lies is too much work. Doing so is not mentally healthy.
"The way men think....." My arse.