Do you tell your partner everything? For some folks, honesty is always the best policy, but it turns out, a lot of people are okay with keeping secrets from the one they love. New research reveals that nearly 25% of Americans have kept a secret from their partner when moving in together.
A survey of 2-thousand U.S. adults who live with their partner finds:
- Millennials are most likely to keep some things confidential when shacking up (33%), followed by Gen Z (27%), while baby boomers are the least likely of all generations (11%).
- A third of those who’ve kept secrets from their S.O. didn’t share them for more than a year and nearly half (48%) still haven’t confessed theirs.
- While two-thirds (68%) do feel guilty for hiding a few things, less than half (43%) plan to spill all their secrets to their partner.
- About 20% of those who kept secrets from their live-in love think their partner did the same and 52% think they’re still hiding something.
- The top secrets people keep are details about past relationships (26%), doing something they know their partner would get upset about (20%) and spending habits (19%).
- When they started living together, 31% of couples say they moved in with each other gradually, without having an official conversation about it.
- Almost three-quarters (74%) of couples living together now have a pet, 48% got it together and 35% had a pet before they got together with their partner.
- More than half (53%) of those who owned a pet before meeting their partner say their pet had to show signs of approval before their partner got the green light to move in. Now, 78% of them see their partner as their pet’s co-parent.
- That’s great now, while everything is going great in the relationship, but it could be tricky if the couple splits up. Especially since 56% of respondents confess they don’t have a plan for things like splitting memberships up and moving out if they end up breaking up.
Source: Lemonade
Scott's Thoughts:
- It’s all fun and games until you’re creating a shared custody calendar for the dog with your ex!
- I believe a couple can have a good relationship without living together.
- Do you have a secret that you’ve never told anyone ever? Do you plan to keep it to yourself for the rest of your life?