Privacy within a relationship. Should it exist?
Leading on from a thread I started the other day, this has become a big talking point.
The background to this is that I suffered with a short spell of impotence early in my current relationship. My girlfriend talked to her friends about it, which I saw as disrespectful and a total lack of trust. She on the otherhand thinks that she should be able to talk to her friends about these sorts of things, if they're a concern. My take, if there's problems in a relationship you should be able to deal with it without involving your friends in intimate matters if you're mature enough to be in a serious relationship yourself.
Do you have clear and defined boundaries on what has to stay private?
Should you respect your partner's privacy, or is everything within the relationship fair game for a chat with your friends?
If one of you trusts your friends with the most intimate of details regarding your partner or relationship, does that mean the other should have to accept the fact that they have no control over who finds out their private business?