**Radical honesty feels addictive, but why does it feel impossible in marriage?**
Two flawed people.
Naked honesty.
No masks.
This honesty feels intoxicating… addictive…
लेकिन सवाल ये है कि क्या यही honesty marriage में possible नहीं है?
या
marriage honesty नहीं, हमारी capacity for safety expose करती है?
Is honesty lost in marriage or feared?
@kobrakulsh Pretty interesting question, nudged me out of comfortable thinking 
On a serious note- I feel “Honesty isn’t lost in marriage”. Early on, truth is spontaneous. Later, it asks: Is this worth a discussion, a debate, or a three-day cold war?
People don’t stop being honest; they become strategic. Silence starts passing off as “peace,” and selective editing is renamed “maturity.” Not lying!! The real fear isn’t truth, it’s turbulence. Because in marriage, honesty doesn’t land in a vacuum; it lands between school runs, EMI deadlines, several appointments schedules and someone already in a bad mood. The irony? The relationship meant to be safest for truth often feels like the most audited space. And whatever honesty doesn’t get spoken doesn’t vanish easily, it leaks out as sarcasm, eye-rolls, or sudden interest in long walks alone. People don’t lie; they run simulations-
“Is this honesty or a weekend-ruiner?”
“Is this a feeling or a future argument?”
So honesty gets downgraded to draft mode. Silence is promoted as wisdom. And “nothing’s wrong” becomes the most overworked sentence. Truth can be managed but fallout is unpredictable. Because in marriage, one honest sentence can trigger a TED Talk, a tribunal, and a historical recap reaching back to initial years!!!
The problem isn’t honesty—it’s the aftershocks.