
Originally Posted by
Haven
That lie would only be a problem if you see it as a problem. You would, because for you, the ideal is full-disclosure honesty. The point of a marriage in your eyes is that you can tell each other everything. That's only half of what trust really is, though. One half, the half you've got right, is the ability to be open with your partner. The other, more important half is the ability to be respectful of your partner when they aren't open with you.
As Beautiful Disaster said, not everyone wants to be an open book. If they're not telling you the truth, you don't have to take them at their word, but there's an alternative to thinking "problem" and calling their bluff. You can trust their judgment. You can know that omission, deception, and ambiguity serve a purpose, that these things fulfill needs even their owners sometimes don't fully understand, and you can trust your partner to have a good reason for being less than completely honest with you.
A relationship in which you can tell your partner everything is a great ideal, but when CAN becomes MUST, that's the end of trust. Asking someone to play with their cards face-up is the kind of thing you do when you don't trust them.
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