Delinquent you have good points. I think one qualifying factor for embracing your argument is that, like Hengst said, no one should have hidden such an aspect of ones life from his or her partner in the first place.
Unfourtunately, such ideals are not always possible. Relationships are emergent. They evolve. We all start out the same way when finding a mate. We think "she looks hot, think I'll try for a piece of that" or "what a great person, I'd like to get to know her." (As men we usually start by think the first one). At this stage, all of us, consciously or unconsciously, keep some such important aspects of our lives private.
Real love develops later. This love is a choice - a conscious decision. When we have made this desision, it is then that we feel compeled to freely reevaluate ourselves. Many aspects of our lives may still be kept private though they may be discontinued in order for one to honor the other.
Alfons stated "If she left me for telling her, It wouldn't have much with the steroids it self to do. It would be more because I had done it behind her back, and she would never be able to trust me again." This is a key idea here. He loves her. Their are parts of himself which, if revealed, would break her heart. So it is with all of us. It's up to us what aspects of ourselves we change. These decisions are not easy, but I believe that as men, we face them and do what we feel is honorable and just.
Originally posted by SCOTTY-TWO-HOTTY
Silent Method- Wow! I put you in the same category as Plato and Socrates. That's some deep shit. I'll be coming at ya if I ever need some counsellng.
Thanks. My first major was psychology. My second was philosophy.
