How Much to Tell Your Lover?

What to Share and What to Withhold

MonalisaSmiled
The Scarlett Letter
3 min readDec 2, 2021

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How much do you tell your lover in an affair?

As little as possible, I’ve learned. Let’s just say through trial and error.

They don’t know my real name until I feel comfortable, and that could be months into the affair. They don’t know where I live exactly. They don’t know where I work. They don’t know…

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MonalisaSmiled
The Scarlett Letter

Adultery 101. Dead Bedrooms. Sex out of network. I am terrible and human. So are you. Editor of The Scarlett Letter | P.S. I Hate You | Sexpressions.