honesty in a marriage - how far should it go

The old saying "Honesty is the best policy" is true yes but at the same time not always applicable. This is especially true if being honest will hurt your partner. That is why there is also what we call "White lies" and it is forced by the situation more than anything else. To have a healthy relationship it does not mean always telling the truth unless you got all the bases covered and would not result in hurting your partner.

Honesty gain Trust and these two make the best aspect for a strong relationship. It is easier to start and build confidence between you and your partner when there is honesty from the very beginning. There is no use of keeping secrets especially in marriage life- it will only brings trouble between the couple. SO I believe that honesty must always comes first.

Aside from "love" it is honesty and trust that comes along with marriage. If either of these is broken, it would be difficult for marriage to last forever. Conflicts are a natural occurrence in a married life. But as long as conflicts doesn't involved any one of the above, then it can be called a healthy conflict. As conflict adds spices in a married life, the conflict should not be in terms of honesty and trust.

We must be loyal to our hubby/wife and keep our honesty throughout our married life. Trust and understanding is very important in any relationship to keep it for a long time. Be open and share every thing with your life partner to show you are genuine to him. As we know honesty is the best policy and it will give a good image about you. There is nothing wrong in telling each and every thing about us to our life partner, if we try to hide some thing and our life partner comes to know about the thing it will create a great problem in our life, if we share the same information to them, it may create a temporary issue, but our honesty will avoid a great problem in our life and create a good image about us. I am from India, in our country we give a lot of importance to marriage and husband and wife relationship. Most of the people in our country trying their maximum to be loyal to their partner and share every thing with them. This kind of activities help us to live a happy life for a long time and avoid unwanted break ups in the great relationship. A person whoever keep honesty in his/her married life don't have any hidden secrets and share everything with their partner, they will get peace of mind with their activity and lead a happy and peaceful life for a long time without unwanted fears and issues.

we always have to be honest in relationship. If you are honest and your partner is cheating you, just exercise patient and be good to him or her, he or she will also surely change and if the person is not changing, God will let you get another one who will also be honest to you.

I am a strong believer that trust and being faithful is everything in a relationship. Without that and honesty there isn't a relationship. This man in the book is a good example and most men to my opinion should follow him or take into consideration of being a better man. No offense meant towards any guy what so ever. I've just met some serious well I won't use words but you get where I'm going. However, I believe that every man and woman in a relationship should share everything from decision that have been made between one another to where he's going when he leaves the house. And when we ask to know all of this it is not because we think you're lying or cheating. It's to know where you are so we can have good feelings knowing that you're safe where you are. The only time we think negative is when you give us a reason. Guys please don't be shady. Be trusting faithful and honest men.

I think that it is very important for us to be honest about the major things that might be happening in our lives. You should never tell a lie to your partner because you don't think they would be happy for you to be doing what you're really doing. However, there is always the chance that telling a small lie might be able to make a situation a lot easier, for example if you know that people have been talking about your partner behind their back then you might not want to tell them about this because it could be upsetting to them. But it's all about learning what they can and can't deal with, and being able to make that decision about what you can do without upsetting them.

There should be honesty in every relationship to keep it flow smoothly. But sometimes, too much honesty can crumble a relationship, too. It is better to get honest on things that you think your partner can handle. Not that you do not want to be open on certain things, but if you think it would only cause trouble, then might as well keep it to yourself. But the best thing that you should really do is to do things the right way to avoid having the guilt of not telling your partner about it.

for me, both party must be ready for the openness..total honesty in the relationship is a must..but the persons involved need to be ready to accept the pain that may accompany honesty..but in totality, there shouldn't be any secrets inside marriage..because they are considered already as 1..and honesty is one of the main ingredients of a successful marriage/relationship..

If the guy remains faithful to his wife, then well and good. I am not referring as in general, there are some of them still play fire in a marriage life. The wives might had caught in the act, but pretend nothing had seen. They are the martyrs.

Yes , honesty is very impotant in every relation , but sometimes it can create a big trouble for us . One day i and my hubby went to a mall and there he saw a girl which he found really attractive , i noticed him and asked him what he is up too so he said nothing but u should also go fir some makeover like her so that u can also look preety like her, Then what i got very angry but after words i thought about it so i felt that he was so true and so faithful to me.

Hi. Yes you are right. Being honesty is so good for a relationship to be fair and healthy. But that should have some limits to avoid some sort of conflicts. But is the other person is a type, who can take everything in positive way helps in maintaining honesty in maximum levels. To my extent that level depends upon the person we are being with.:)

hi,inmyopinoin i think that honesty is the most important thing in a marrage. we should totally open to our partner.but if you tell her a lie,it doeant mean that you are not right as long as you meaning good for her.a white lie is important in a marrage .