Another possibility is that your partner might be open-minded and accept the fact that you are an independent person with your own feelings. That would require growth, too. Simply put, concealing things from our partners is really about concealing our weaknesses from ourselves. It is designed to create a false sense of security, and that, dear reader, is not love. Love wouldn't recognize that stuff if it was staring it in the face.
Love is freedom.
To look for it in bondage is to hide yourself away from it. To seek the truth of human emotions in a world built of deception is really to live in a world alone. Fortunately, you have a choice. To be continued. This is a chart on the brink of reality, which is pushing everyone hard in the direction of making key decisions.