[1MerlinFan]

So it's been a while since I've been on this sight, and I'm glad to say that I haven't harmed since at least the last time I posted on here. Because of this, and the fact that my scars are getting better, I've been wearing short sleeves for at least the last month, not bothering to cover anything up.

Well, until today no one had seen them or at least not mentioned them.
But, I recently started dating someone (and he's been a friend for a few months before that), and tonight he was holding my hand and saw my scars and he asked "what happened?" And I really wanted to tell him, because I really do trust him and I want him to know about this part of me, but I just couldn't, so instead I just got really flustered and said "umm...I'd rather not talk about it." And he, being a gentleman, just left it alone.

But now I've been thinking and I want to tell him. I mean, I doubt that there's any other possibilities that he would even imagine they are, so he probably already at least has a guess as to the truth. But then I'm afraid that I might scare him off, since we've only just started actually dating. (As I said, we've been friends for a while, and apparently both of us have liked each other for a while too, without the other one knowing), but I just don't know if I should tell him now, since he probably already has a guess, or wait until we've been dating a little longer.

[RedSun]

If you feel that you want to tell him now, maybe this is a good time.
He sounds like a nice guy, so hopefully he will be supportive. If he's not okay with it for any reason, it's probably better to know that sooner rather than later before you get more attached.
Hope it goes okay. Is there anyone else who knows about the SI that you can talk to before you tell him, so they can check you're okay after? Although, you can always come here and tell us xxxx