When Dirty Dark Secrets Are Revealed

@wolfie34 (26771)
United Kingdom
June 6, 2009 4:14pm CST
Have you ever had a dirty dark secret that you have kept for so long that you felt it was time to get it out in the open with your nearest and dearest? After you sat down and told them did it feel like a huge weight had been lifted from your shoulders or did it just make things a hundred times worse? Do you think it's better to keep dirty dark secrets buried and forever hidden, or do you feel that it's been eating away at you so long that you have to tell someone to put a stop to it once and for all? For example if you gambled away money secretly at the casino, bet on horses or gambled away so much money that you feel so embarrassed or guilty that once you told someone you felt so free and unburdened? Or something you did in your past which you are still heavily ashamed of But how did your nearest and dearest or partner cope with your secret did they understand or did they totally freak out? Did it take a lot of crying, upset and arguments before you were both able to accept it now it was well and truly out in the open? Do you think in any relationship confessions when they are 'ugly' should be revealed or kept hidden and buried? Or do you think it depends on the nature of the secret? Like standing up and saying, my name is x and I am an alcoholic or I am gambler etc... They say there should be no secrets in relationships but what if the secret is so bad that it could destroy the relationship?
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9 responses
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
7 Jun 09
Hello wolfie. I think that it depends. When it is related to secrets in relationships, it is better to be careful not to reveal it if there is any possibility of destroying the relationship. As to others, it all depends if it is just a small matter without causing a big deal.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 09
Hi William, I think it also depends on how long you have been together with your partner, and the nature of the disclosure, sometimes there is only a small benefit to revealing it when so much could be lost because of it.
@anday0108 (628)
• Philippines
7 Jun 09
Yes I was able to tell it to my bestfriend. My bestfriend and I experience something that after that I felt she is the right person to talk to and tell my secret. All my life I thought I would never have the guts to tell it to someone but I did and it was so liberating. I was so glad my bestfriend was so understanding and I know she will keep my secret no matter what.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 09
That is great to have a friend of such understanding, a friend like that we could all have in life!
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
6 Jun 09
I don't have any dirty dark secrets so I have no idea what that would be like to hold it inside. I would think it depends on the secret and what holding it in is doing to the person who is holding it in, if it is making them sick and or miserable then that is not good at all. I don't think telling a dirty dark secret you know that is about someone else and they hurt you and you are telling it out of anger to get back at them is not good at all. This is a tough one my friend.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
6 Jun 09
I guess there's different levels on disclosure and it also depends on how long you have been with your partner. Thank you my friend ;0)
• Indonesia
7 Jun 09
hi wolfie34.. i've been questioning the same thing..actually, i wished i can share my deepest secret with someone i am closed with. the will pushes me lately, like i dont wanna live with it anymore. i can't tell my man about it, it will be too sad and destroy my relationship with him..i really love him and he's the first guy for me who can make me feel like this..he's the only one.. i just dont wanna break his heart but i really need to share it with someone..i have 3 bestmates, but i dont know if they can handle it or not. they really knew me well and accept me for who i am, n they convinced me that eventhough i would tell them my deepest secret, it wont change anything or the way the look at me..it wont change a thing.. still..once again, i really wish i could revealed this deepest secret in me..
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 09
That is a complicated position to be in, I think you need to weigh up the pros and cons for telling the secret or for keeping it, what is more important to you. Good luck with your decision, stay strong.
@x_Jo_x (1040)
7 Jun 09
I think it depends on what the secret is. If it is something serious like "I gambled away our life savings dear, and now we have no money" then that should definatly be told. If it is something like "I slept with your best friend" then i guess that is slightly more optional. Personally i think, yeah it probably will destroy the relationship but its not down to the person who cheated it is up to the other person to decide what happens to the relationship. The other person deserves to know the truth, and you should tell them it even if it means you might lose them because at the end of the day atleast you can say you where honest! Just my oppinion, but yeah, definatly depends on the situation but it is probably best to just get it out in the open.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 09
I love your avatar pic, so cute! Yes honesty needs to be shown if any relationship is to last as is trust, two important components. and yes you are right it does depend on the secret, if it's in the past and before you knew your partner then you have to weigh up the pros and cons of keeping it secrets or purging it.
@pansy45 (153)
• Indonesia
7 Jun 09
everyone has their own dirty dark secret and this is their right to tell it or just keep it with no one should know,but in my side i just feel sometime i feel like want to tell it to someone else so thn i ca free from mya guilty feeling,,but sometime there is onething that someone else don't need to know.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 09
Exactly, sometimes there is absolutely no benefit to letting out the secret and it's best left hidden for all concerned. Welcome to Mylot!
@balasri (26537)
• India
15 Dec 10
Once a dark secret always a dark secret for me.And I just cannot live with the heaviness of any secret.So I have the habit of not harboring any secrets of any color to live the way I like.Happy and carefree.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
14 Jun 09
If it's something from someone's past then it's that person's business and that of anyone else involved. If it's a situation that's dealt with and over and done with, then that's it...a secret is buried. Many people have done things they are ashamed of that they know were wrong. Some will "get away with it" and not get caught...I think we've all done things when we were kids or even young adults and I have to say, it's best to right the wrong you did to someone. There are many different scenarios that can go with your question so I will tell you a story, nearly everyone will have their own story to tell. Obviously, I don't have all the facts...being human I've filled in the gaps myself with guesses and this is where things can go horribly wrong when things are repeated without the actual facts..... A friend of a friend was in trouble with his marriage. His wife eventually took off with another guy and left friend to look after two young daughters. Friends and family were supportive, his workplace adjusted his work hours and he took in a mate to help pay the rent. The mate also was separated, also had a daughter (same age as friends 2)but he would have her for the weekend, not all the time. Friend did everything for his girls...even tuckshop duty. Being a guy, he slept naked and thought nothing of it. If the girls got up in the night and climbed into bed with Dad, no-one thought anything about it. They had been climbing into bed with 2 naked parents since they were little. Now any bloke with any brains would have thought about this but like a bloke he didn't think. When his elder daughter first got her period, something happened. I don't know what happened...he started to tell me, said "I didn't know what to do" and "I didn't do anything wrong" of course, this is where my imagination took over. Around this time the mother returned with the guy and set up a home of there own and would have the girls to visit. Of course, being a woman, she questioned her girls who openly, and unashamedly told her everything she asked. She took custody of the girls and the eldest one no longer wanted to see her father. After several months the younger daughter no longer wanted to see her Dad. There were attacks and accusations and he was humiliated and shamed in front of his family. The reason behind this is because she wanted her kids back and she thought she had to make the father look bad to override her own behaviour in leaving her kids. This was so not necessary because friend believed the girls should be with their Mum anyway. It would be nearly 10 years before he would be able to be in touch with his girls again. The whole situation destroyed him. He was not able to bring himself to talk about it to his new partner. She understood and she reassured him by saying it was nothing to do with her, he need not feel any shame but he didn't have to tell her if it made him uncomfortable....even thinking about it all hurt him dreadfully so she would never bring the subject up even though she believed that talking about it would help him. By this time he did not trust women and had come to realise that some could be terribly destructive when they chose to be. He will take the secrets to the grave because the damage was done. it seems he is reconciled with his girls but there will always be questions and secrets and truths hidden away between them. It's not healthy spiritually or emotionally or mentally.
@wadabski (761)
• Philippines
12 Dec 10
A dark secret I do not have, I am always open with reguards to some secrets. Im not perfect but I do keep some little white lies. It is better to keep them dough if those secrets will cause you problems. Open them to some one who is always there for us no matter what. Pray