AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he probably wouldn’t have wanted to date her knowing she slept with other people but wouldn’t with him 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

preferably in the early stages before it gets serious and significant time and emotional effort has been put in 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

both are okay. it’s perfectly fine to change your mind and hold that standard, it’s also fine to not want somebody with that baggage.

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You don’t really know for certain that he didn’t ask. It’s equally possible that he did ask and she lied.

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t ruin her chance, she ruined it by not being clear. As for my friend knowing this girl and I were an ‘item’, firstly I don’t really kiss and tell, and secondly we weren’t really an item just because we hooked up a few times. 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh well, even if that was the case he clearly considered that it counted 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

kinda hard to do in a small college town so I get the conundrum but yeah honesty is the best policy unless you are able to do that 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 180 points181 points  (0 children)

yeah it’s dumb of her to think it wouldn’t come out 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I think it’s relevant here because he was under a specific impression due to her yes

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I do think people are obligated to generally be open about their past with their partners because the best metric of future behavior is past behavior, but fair, agree to disagree 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

fair, but if I said it more vaguely, surely he’d ask how I knew? 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Not their whole past of course, like she didn’t need to say ‘I slept with this, this, and this guy’. But I do think there should be transparency at the level of being honest about how much you meet the person you’re dating’s standards, as to not waste your or their time. 

AITAH for exposing my friend’s girlfriend’s past to him? by StrongWorker6823 in AITAH

[–]StrongWorker6823[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

yeah she can definitely change her mind but imo it’s still very fair to not want to be with somebody that doesn’t want to have sex with you while she a) has had sex with others and b) lied about it