will you tell your partner about your previous relationships?

Whether you are just starting a new relationship or you have been with someone for years you want to be honest. Of course there will be boundaries in some cases, for example, you don't want to tell your partner that you slept with 50 people in short amount of time because they might look at you and the relationship in a negative way. In some cases you can even pull the old saying, "don't ask, don't tell". If they don't ask you about your previous relationships then they don't need to know. That may sound bad since all relationships are based on honesty and trust, but they don't really need to know everything that happened in your past. That's the beauty of the past. Once it happens, it's out of the way and you can have the chance to correct your mistakes and move forward with your new partner. If you were the type to be more of a closed book in your previous relationships, now is a good time to fix that bad habit and work towards a healthy, honest, and open relationship. Don't get me wrong, I am one of those people who kept my feelings, thoughts, and opinions to myself in all my previous relationships. Because of that bad habit, it did make my new relationship a little rocky in the beginning. Believe it or not, some guys out there really do care and want to know what you are thinking about and your thoughts on certain topics. So the bottom line is if you are starting a new relationship and you are really into this person start this relationship by being honest. If they can't deal with your past and your previous relationships or accept you for who you are then maybe its time to call it quits and find someone who WILL appreciate you for you instead of focusing on your past and who you used to be.

My husband decided when we met that he really did not care about that, so we really did not talk about it too much. However, I asked did he want to know because he should know, if for no other reason but because you should be safe about who you have been with.

i'm all for a fresh new start. the past belongs to the past. however if the current partner shall ask anything about my previous relationships, i'm quite willing to tell what he needs/wants to know. i don't like keeping secrets. i'm very open. and i'd like to keep an honest relationship with an open communication.

Well,this is not a big issue...if you really love someone,you have to love him/her not looking back about the past. In my opinion,there is nothing wrong with me since i don't have any past or previous relationships. But for others...maybe,honesty is the best of all. It is not necessarily that,you have to tell everything,but at least open up some topic about it. Honest relationship from the start will last longer.

I agree with the other poster, the past should stay there and I don't think it should be important to the new partner either. However if they did ask, I would tell and to be honest there's not much I could tell at all really. I've lived a very sheltered life LOL!

before starting a new relation i think one must tell about their previous relation to his or her partner so that they can know each other properly.It may happen that after few days he/she heard something about his/her past relationship from others and it can fell a bad impact to their relationship.They may misunderstood each other and may blame each other for why hadn't he told her or why she haven't asked for that,many problems may arise then so its better to tell before only.

Personally I don't think it is somethign that needs to be discussed. The past is the past, but we are living for the future. Why relive the past when that relationship clearly didn't work. It isn't important to me at all.