Q&A! Changing Names, Revealing FWB History, Sharing Secrets, & "Timing" Truths

It's Q&A time! We're back, answering YOUR burning questions! If your FWB relationship is firmly in the past, should you still tell your current partner about it? How important is it to have a social life outside of one's relationship? And how reasonable an excuse is "bad timing"? Come join us in our living room for the Shandy take!

Q1: My Partner Wants To Replace Our Planned Couple Getaway With Yet Another Annual Family Visit—Am I Being Difficult?

Q2: My Boyfriend And I Are In A Healthy Long-term Relationship But We Both Don't Have Any Close Friends—Is This Normal?

Q3: Should I Tell My New Partner About My Former Friend Group FWB?

Q4: My Boyfriend Insists That I Should Change My Name If We Get Married But I Love My Name—Thoughts?

Q5: My Ex And I Ended On Bad Terms And I Want To Tell My Story But It Involves Sharing A Secret Of His—Right Or Wrong?

Q6: The Guy I've Been Hooking Up With Blames "Timing" For Us Not Making It Official—Is This BS?

Referenced book (with the pie chart):

Breakup Bootcamp by Amy Chan - https://amzn.to/3xiCCDf

Sharleen's blog post about not changing her name:

http://www.alltheprettypandas.com/blog/2016/to-change-or-not-to-change

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