I’m Struggling with My Partner’s Sexual History

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

Debra Fileta, M.A., LPC and Creator of TrueLoveDates.com

Self-improvement, Relationships, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.9 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when your partner’s sexual history is more extensive than yours? In this episode, I talk to a man who is struggling with his girlfriend’s sexual history, and the things she experienced before they met. I was so proud of him for his transparency, because it’s something a lot of couples are facing but not many people are discussing. My Partner’s Sexual History In this episode we talk though: Some concerns that come up when one person has a more extensive sexual history. Understanding and dealing with the root of these hard emotions. How to deal with the past in a healthy way. Whether or your partner’s sexual history is a deal-breaker and how to know. And much more! Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PLAY – iHEART RADIO Connect with today’s sponsors: upperroom.org/welcome and ISSUU.com/podcast Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra’s Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She’s also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, welcome back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah Felita,
0:23.4	and I'm so glad you're tuning into these candid conversations about love, sex, dating, singleness,
0:29.5	and marriage. For those of you who don't know me or are tuning in for the first time, I'm a licensed
0:34.5	professional counselor and author specializing in relationship issues.
0:39.0	I also run the Relationship Advice blog True Love Dates.com, reaching millions of people with the message
0:44.9	that healthy people make healthy relationships.
0:48.5	If you've tuned into the podcast before, you know it's a hotline style show, meaning people
0:53.5	call in or write in with their
0:55.1	relationship questions, and I answer them on this show in short, practical, bite-sized
1:00.1	answers. If you have a question that you want me to answer on the show, send it via email
1:05.3	or voice memo to Deborah at true lovedates.com or check out my podcast page, true lovedates.com slash love and relationships.
1:13.8	And I'll do my best to get it answered on one of the episodes.
1:16.7	So let's get started.
1:23.4	Today on the podcast, we have Steve from Pennsylvania.
1:27.7	Hi, Steve.
1:29.1	How's it going, Deborah?
1:30.2	What's going on with you?
1:32.3	I'm really grateful to be on and that you're taking time to answer my question.
1:36.6	It's deeply personal with me and it's had a big impact on myself and other people that I've dated,
1:42.0	you know, and I'm really working through to really, I would like to nip this in the butt and never deal with it again, but we'll get there.
1:47.6	But anyway, so my question is, so if I'm struggling with a significant other's sexual history,
1:53.0	am I projecting my own insecurities on the matter with her,
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