Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I learned a few years ago that it might not be a bad idea to keep my future relationships private. My past experiences have resonated with me and no, It does not come from a hurting place. As expected you pick up a thing or two after you've experienced the painful ending of a somewhat public relationship. People naturally want to win. No one sits down to take a test hoping to fail. No one shows up to a race hoping to lose and no one begins a meaningful relationship hoping to break up. So, I swore off things like social media when it came to my relationships and only informed a tiny circle of friends and family members that I was even seeing anyone. My logic: The less people that know about this relationship, the less people I’ll have to deal with looking at me and wondering what went wrong if things happen to go awry. Anything to not have to deal with the shame of a highly visible breakup again. But after closely examining my behavior in relation to other people and my...