So, I just started dating someone, a really nice guy. I'm usually attracted to jerks, and I've dated a couple guys who were real jerks to me, emotionally abusive, alcoholic, misogynistic, etc. I'm really trying to make it work with this nice guy, even tho (or because) he's not my normal type.
In any case, my damage is starting to show. He's commented on how passive I am sexually, and he's seen old scars on my ribs. I don't want to talk about it, because I don't want to think about the way in which a**holes from my past might have damaged me. Also, I don't want to lay all my baggage out there in a brand new relationship, I don't want to freak him out. I want some semblance of normalcy. But he's asking questions, and I don't want him to think I'm hiding things.
what should I do?
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...And when Love speaks to you, believe him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
-Kahlil Gibran