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Recently my Step father (which I've always considered as my father and he considers me and my other siblings his children) has come into a great deal of money, when I was growing up we were often homeless and facing hard times, but within the last 3 years he's become a multimillionair, and started 3 businesses with a fourth pending. Since this has begun Christmas presents have been upgraded to say the least. We're getting stuff we wouldn't have dreamed of when I was a kid.
Yet, I don't know, my parents still bought me presents (even though I'm an adult which I feel weird about honestly), and had me open them. And amongst all the nice things they got me, literally the thing I got most excited about was that they got me not one, not two, but THREE packs of socks!!! To me, this was the real jack pot, as soon as my boyfriend and I got home I ditched the new jewelry box and waffle maker and went to bust open a pack of my brand new socks! Does anyone else prefer these kinds of gifts? Expensive stuff just makes me uncomfortable and worry that even if it's expensive I might not use it, but SOCKS? I got at least 3 weeks of BRAND NEW socks.

It's the same with my boyfriend. He won't let me open my presents from him until tomorrow, but literally all I asked for was a heated blanket. Though this is more than usual, usually I just want a plain old soft blanket. Or pillows. I like pillows.

I've been dating my boyfriend for nearly 2 years and his family like me. However, I don't like my past and have been trying to bury it. I'm afraid the news might get to him one day. Him and his family consider me a sweet, humble person.

Here is the deal:
I've changed but that's not who I was in the past. During my HS years and early 20's (I'm now 27), I've broken a couple hearts, joined gossiping, was hanging with the wrong crowd, stolen things and money from others, pretending to befriend socially awkward people (then ditched them... yes I used them), was a mistress once and tricked a married man (I didn't care for him either) into leaving his wife for me, etc.
I didn't mean to withhold this but I just wanted to start all over and get a chance in life. If I reveal all that, who is going to take me serious and want a family with me? I hate my past, regret my past actions and just want to be known for the present.

Does someone's past matters in a relationship?