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Originally Posted by magicjac404
Does anyone have any good advice on how and/or when the appropriate time is to confide in a dating parter on this topic?
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I don't believe there's a "
the" time. Ideally, there'd be a window of time after they're comfortable enough with you to accept the information and before anything happens that they actually need the information for. And ideally you'd aim for somewhere around the middle of that window.
It's obviously going to depend on what your partner and your relationship are like, though. If your partner still weren't ready to know it by the time they needed to, you might not have a whole lot to lose whether you told them too soon or too late.
The way I see it, you can't make someone accept you no matter what your circumstances. All you can do is not make it hard for them unnecessarily and be satisfied that you're the doing the best you can; the rest is up to them. If it turns out that they're not up to the challenge, you look for someone who is.