Stepmom hides her 14-year-old stepdaughter's crush from her dad because she asked her not to tell him, dad gets angry at stepmom when he finds out: 'This was the first time she really opened up to me.'

Is it okay for her to keep secrets from her husband, even if it's something low-stakes like this?

I don't trust somebody who has no secrets. I know that it's important to share private personal details with your close family and friends, and I'm no stranger to being an oversharer. I will literally tell people I barely know the most horrifically embarrassing things that have ever happened to me without thinking twice about it. I think that most things that are at least a little bit funny are worth sharing with others. However, I do have some secrets that I am not letting go of, for no other reason than I want to keep some deeply personal things to myself.

Once you get married and have kids with someone, you might want to tell them all of your secrets. That might include telling them the worst thing you've ever done, like in the recent movie The Drama. In the case of Zendaya's character, the worst thing she's ever done (or rather, thought about doing) was pretty extreme, so you understand why she was planning on taking that secret to her grave. I don't think there's anything wrong with keeping your deepest, darkest childhood thoughts away from the love of your life.

It's pretty healthy to not keep secrets from your partner, especially if it concerns your children. But what if a child wants to confide in one parent without the other parent knowing that they did that?

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_{Laura, a 14-year-old girl, confided in her stepmother about her crush because she knew that her father wouldn't approve of their young love.}
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Am I the bad guy for not telling my partner something his 14-year-old daughter told me in confidence?

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_{Rob, a 14-year-old boy who is dating Laura, even though her father dislikes his father. Where have we heard this story before?}
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_{Dear old dad, who doesn't want his wife to have secrets with his daughter.}
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