Full disclosure

There are animals in existence that are fully translucent. Most of them live in the deepest parts of the ocean where the sun light does not penetrate. The environments that we have to endure living on dry land expose us to significantly high levels of light beams. I guess that is why we have skin to protect our precious inner organs from cooking.

Similarly sharing too much information can put you in an exposed condition. Information has to be shared with an idea of how the recipient will process it. Even a recipient that pretends to be receptive to information may only be feigning interest in order to have something to use against you. This is why there is such a thing as doctor and lawyer restrictions on what they will share about their patient or client. It’s privileged information, so you have to be worthy of it. The 5th amendment of the US constitution also gives you the right to not self incriminate.

In the extreme you have a moral if not at least legal responsibility to declare to a sexual partner whether you carry transmittable STIs/STDs. For proof see Usher, R Kelly and Charlie Sheen.

What I am ultimately encouraging the silence on is whether you tolerated bad treatment from an ex. For the most part you should not discuss your ex with the person you are now interested. We all would like to believe we are progressive, unbiased and open minded but we are not. We all have a relative limit. The past is a place you do not live anymore. You learn from the past but do not dwell on it and certainly do not have your new love interest dwell on it by retelling that story.