I'm genuinely embarrassed to have dated one of my exes and really don't ever want to have to disclose him to a future partner as an ex or really to anyone in my personal life. Can I just completely omit him and forget him like he never existed in my life or just make a random dude up to fill in the spot? I look back at that part of my life and want to shake myself. I would never put up with even half the shit that he did back then today. For example, I had to pick the location of our first date and had to tell him what to wear because he had absolutely no clue how to style himself. Back then I was like "awe he just needs direction" and now I'm like "hell no, what a man child." I'm so ashamed of myself for not having booted him after that first date. Granted, I was in my early 20's but I should have known better.
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Don’t ever tell men your actual dating history. They will use it against you; this I can assure you, and even scrote supreme J.D Salinger (whose work I still unfortunately love) put the notion forward in Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut;
‘If you ever get married again, don't tell your husband anything. Do you hear me?'
'Why?' said Mary Jane.
'Because I say so, that's why,' said Eloise. 'They wanna think you spent your whole life vomiting every time a boy came near you. I'm not kidding, either. Oh, you can tell them stuff. But never honestly. I mean never honestly. If you tell 'em you once knew a handsome boy, you gotta say in the same breath he was too handsome. And if you tell 'em you knew a witty boy, you gotta tell 'em he was kind of a smart aleck, though, or a wise guy. If you don't, they hit you over the head with the poor boy every time they get a chance.' Eloise paused to drink from her glass and to think. 'Oh,' she said, 'they'll listen very maturely and all that. They'll even look intelligent as hell. But don't let it fool you. Believe me. You'll go through hell if you ever give 'em any credit for intelligence. Take my word.’
Men tell on themselves all the time
Yes just word that part of your life as if you were single lol.
The other option is not going into detail on his crimes but just saying oh we were young and just not super compatible.
Full honesty does NOT benefit you when you disclose past partners to men. They will not empathise with you like your girl friends will and they will not feel closer to you for sharing your trauma.
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I just blend them all into one big scrote I refer to as “my ex”. People rarely ask me to divide them out.
Why not? It was a dumb relationship you had in your earl 20s. It would be a different story if it was a husband of 15 years that you had children with, sure, but a dumb scrote you had the misfortune of dating for a while when you were young and inexperienced? Hardly worth the mention.
I wish I had been more willing to lie in the past. Honestly I can't recommend being honest about a single thing, but especially don't tell any man about anything remotely traumatic. I f*cked up and told my first BF that I had been molested as a child and he acted all sympathetic for a bit. A year or so later he started bringing it up to insult me. I can't remember all the shit he said, but one time he asked if I shaved my pubic hair because I wanted to reenact the abuse. Honestly I should have punched him. So lie about anything and everything (as long as you can keep track anyway). As far as he needs to know you've never been hurt, your parents adore you, your exes are still friends, you were the homecoming queen, etc etc.
Yes. You're allowed to delete this scrote from your relationship history. I have deleted my second bf from my relationship history. He was a diagnosed narcissist abuser. I only found out by accident that he had NPD. I cringe everytime I remember the abuse, gaslighting and even physical violence that I put up with. I wish we were taught about personality disorders, trauma bonds in dating by school teachers or parents. I would never disclose this particular ex to anyone including a future HV husbands if I'm fortunate enough to ever meet a HVM (they're unicorns).
https://www.thefemaledatingstrategy.com//forum/general-dating-discussion/why-do-men-bitterly-envy-the-bad-boys-in-women-s-past This is a great read on why you shouldn't tell men you were mistreated or put up with low value men in the past. Delete him from your relationship history.
Yes. Curate that shit, it's your own channels. I did the same. I never want to see their hideous faces again
I'm so glad I came across this...I will never mention my exes to future HVM. Those time periods will just be vague areas with few details.
Yes.
As far as I'm concerned every man I've ever dated have treated me like freaking gold and the man I'm currently dating will have to live up to that. Never disclose a shifty ex to a current partner or he'll think you'll put up with less. When my partner asks about an ex I always talk about how nicely I was treated and my partner feels extra competitive! It's a win win.
You know... I had planned to only reveal partners that I thought my next lover might come into contact with ( we live in a small town). But why? Why not just lie, like they all do? If he finds out, I can just be like, "Oh, him? Oh, I hadn't thought of him. Why, I guess what we did together "is" considered sex... depending on what your definition of "is" is..."😉