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My boyfriend has told me many lies throughout our 2+ year relationship. These lies usually are all about things that happened before we were together, or the couple of times we broke up for a week or so in college. These incidents can be anything from as stupid to one time he was at his fraternity house and strippers showed up and he saw her give a guy a lap dance and told me he never saw them... to him hooking up with a girl while we were broken up... and sleeping with some girl before we ever even got together (I get my partners sexual past really isn't any of my business).

I guess my question is... do you think this is a life long issue, or are most guys going to maybe.. leave out a girl they slept with previously to the relationship and the things they did while being BROKEN UP.

My boyfriend the last 10 months has gone through some type of "revelation" where he sees that I am the one for him and this isn't just some stupid college relationship. He sees a future with me, he wants to start brand new with me, focus on us, and he has proven to change dramatically... so he decided to come forward and tell me things he had lied about in the past. He said that he didn't care enough before and all of the things happened when we were broken up or before we even got together (minus the stupid stripper thing) and he was scared to lose me over such stupid mistakes he had made... I guess I can overreact sometimes I am quite dramatic but I still have always kept it 100% honest with him.

What do you guys think? Do you think this is just a stage? Or do you think he is going to be a liar for the rest of his life? (BTW the things he lied about, I did ask him multiple times and he would deny) until recently when he wanted to just come clean, start over, and has had enough time the last 10 months to prove to me he's different (which he has TREMENDOUSLY).

Opinions?

Long story short when I was young I nearly drowned and now I sort of "fear" the water.

I have come a long way though and can now get in the water and paddle for a bit, sometimes I can even float but I need to do it with the comfort of knowing my feet will touch the ground (so I can swim in shallow water etc)

Problme is I have an adventurous boyfriend, climbing, water sports, you name it! He's great and we get along so well but we are going on holiday soon and he wants to do crazy water sport stuff.
He knows about my past and my worries about the water but I still feel like I'm letting him down?

I suggested after we get back from holiday we go swimming together and he can help me learn then we can do these things together (if i ever get that good!)

I'm scared... will this relationship last?