Is it true, what you dont know cant hurt you?

Question

in general, but preferably relationship wise

thanks for all sensible answers

Answer 1

What you don't know CAN hurt you. If it doesn't, then it really doesn't matter because you didn't know about it anyway!

Answer 2

Relationship wise, I feel honesty is the best policy. Best not to keep secrets as they can come around later and hurt you. Start off with a clean slate. Of course, I don't suggest going into details about past relationships. That isn't necessary and will only fuel jealousy. You must come clean , however, about past relationships when it involves telling someone about a sexually transmitted disease you may have contracted. I hated to mention that, but these days it is especially true. On a day-to-day basis, honest and open communication is critical to a lasting relationship.

Answer 3

Well, it may be true, but for how long will the other person not know? If you plan to continue the relationship, it's only a matter of time before either you tell them or they find out.

Even if they never did find out, YOU would know and it would hurt YOU; you will suffer with that burden that you can never tell your S.O., you will keep lies and secrets, and it will run your mind around and around on something that should have been dropped long ago.

So my answer is "Yes" what you don't know won't hurt you, but someone knows, so someone will be hurt.

Answer 4

Not at all. As a hypothetical example, a married man has an short affair. The person who he was sleeping with (unknown to him) has a STD. He passes this on to their partner, his partner becomes very ill and dies from something they don't know of.
This sort of thing really happens.

On the none physical side.
A man who is good at his job and has good prospects rouses some of his colleges to act in a jealous way. Unknown to him, they spread malicious rumors about him, as a result, he is passed over when he should have been promoted. A number of people who would have formed meaningful and beneficial relationships with him choose not to. He is unable to do anything about this situation, as he knows nothing of what is going on. Many of his colleges are also 'friends' this results in the practice of spreading rumors about him continuing in in his social environment, the rumors have the effect of blighting his social life. As a result the man becomes severely depressed, and commits suicide.
This sort of thing does happen.

Answer 5

Silly answer. No it's not true. If a chair had a load of drawing pins in it and you didn't know but then sat on it. I'd say that would hurt.

But seriously. It depends on the type of person you are. If your a jealous type then that can really eat away at you. If your a person that finds trust hard then you'll want to know things, And if you don't know then will that get to you???
Sometimes it's best not to know but it all comes down to your own insecurities.

Answer 6

If you don't see a car behind you that is going at full speed towards you, you will be run over and die. You think it's better not to know about the car?

The same is true about relationships. You need to know EVERYTHING. But it doesn't mean you have to be nosy and spy on people. It also doesn't mean that you need to take action every time you find out something bad.

Answer 7

You can become corrupted with out realising what is going on and then be left with the consequences of your innocent actions. A whole lot of innocent people got dragged into something about me and were badly mislead and acted innocently on inaccurate information. However, this puts them in a position that if I had physical evidence about a certain something I would be in my right to take them to court and obviously win, even though they really didn't know what they were getting into. So, what you don't know can harm you. I'm a threat to alot of very rich and famous people and don't they know it!

Answer 8

The saying you are looking for is, "What the eye does not see, the heart cannot grieve over".

When we go into a restaurant, if we saw the state of the kitchen, we may not want to eat there. So, by not seeing the kitchen we feel okay about it. I mean, the table cloth is clean and the cutlery, so everything must be fine then? No actually.

Answer 9

In a way, yes, because then you were clueless and didn't know anything strange going on. But I'd say it's best to know than never since it'll hurt one more without knowing. Facing the truth is what makes one stronger.

Answer 10

In most cases, it is true.

For example, if you don't know your partner is cheating on you then it won't hurt you. It's probably for the best! However, things like this tend to surface out in the open and cause severe heartache.

But there are other instances where it would not be appropriate to remain blind from reality, an extreme example would be someone dying of cancer and not wanting to know or not wanting their loved ones to know.

Answer 11

Yes, I think it is true.For instance When I was young my Father used to take me and my sisters to visit out Aunt May every Sunday. We really enjoyed her and our Uncle. I was 10 at the time, when my parents died, and I came to the United States. I have always been in touch with my family through the years, on the phone and visiting them in Scotland. I often asked why no one kept in touch with Auntie May , but never really got a answer. About 6 years ago I got a call from my Younger sister, telling me that Aunt May died, and then she went onto say. That Aunt May. was not our aunt She was our Step Sister, I was flawed, I could not believe what she said. Apparently. My father was married before, and had a daughter call May (Aunt May) . She was so angry when her father married, late in life. She was married at the time, that she insisted that when he had children, that they call her Aunt May, She never wanted any part of us. Can you imagine all those years not knowing this. And now that I do know, I'm angry and hurt to think how could anyone do this. .She was always nice to us . who knows! I sometimes wish I didn't know, then I wouldn't feel rejected and hurt.