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How comfortable are you being brutally honest with your partner?
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Depends on what it is, surface level stuff sure, but deeper stuff. Not so much
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If it's absolutely necessary (which is almost never), I would be brutally honest with her, and would accept the consequences.
Brutally honest implies that you are going to hurt the person's feelings somehow, and I think that can be avoided by taking action earlier.
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Brutally honest implies that you are going to hurt the person's feelings somehow, and I think that can be avoided by taking action earlier.
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For example, my wife has been in school since we have met. If I thought she was pursuing a "useless" degree (none are, but that's besides the point), I would have talked to her about that before she spent so many years achieving that degree, rather than waiting until she finished and saying, "well, what did you expect?"
That's "brutally honest". But, that situation would have never happened if we sat and talked about what her plans were with her degree.
So, there are not a lot of times I have to be "brutally" honest.
Male, 41-50 years, Married, TX, US | Jul 25, 2012
Male, 41-50 years, Married, TX, US | Jul 25, 2012
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More comfortable than I have been with anyone
So far we have had an open line of communication in our relationship. He knows y skeletons and I know his. And I'm ok with telling him something is amiss or something is well liked. Our relationship won't work out unless we are honest and open
It's not that easy my god I love this woman I hate hurting her fillings
Me siento bien y lo necesito por que confieso que me mata encontrarme cosas de su pasado o que interfieran con nosotros y necesito comunicarlo para estar bien
Brutal honesty is a hard pill to swallow with my partner. She is so very sensitive so often times I have to temper my choice of words
I try to soften news that would hurt, but if it's important I don't hesitate much.
It's hard for me to be brutally honest with anyone, so being that way with someone I deeply care about is really difficult.
Um no guy should ever feel they can be completely brutally honest and live to talk about it! LOL You have to always approach the conversations with caution or they will be used against you for your entire existence. LOL
Comfortable enough to do it
Super comfy
Pretty comfortable. I'm usually extremely honest with him.
It doesn't bother me ether he can say its weird or its not and he doesn't I'm not afraid to talk to him
