Relationships are supposed to be something people treasure and put effort into. Unfortunately that isn't always the case with everybody. Some people do not take them seriously or treat them as important as they should and that is when, in an instant, things can crumble and fall apart. The book Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri is a collection of short stories about people and their relationships in life and love. Just like in some of the stories in the book and in real life many issues plague relationships. Secrecy and infidelity are two of the biggest problems that face people in relationships.
             One big problem in many relationships is the secrets that partners keep from one another. A secret is something that is kept hidden from others or known only to oneself or a few (secret). Secrets are used as a form of protection. They are either to protect yourself from some kind of embarrassment, or to protect someone else, and those secrets are usually to keep them from getting hurt. While no secret is a good secret there are two main types of secrets. There are toxic secrets that can hurt the relationship, like cheating for example, and there are healthy secrets. Those ones are secrets that are non-threatening to the relationship.
             The toxic secrets are the ones that have the capability to tear relationships apart. They create distance and distrust within a couple. The entire foundation of relationships is built on trust. If there is no trust then the relationship will almost certainly fail. Trust is the firm belief in the reliability of someone (trust). Big secrets that are hurtful to the other person in the relationship are very hard to keep. When they do eventually come out it is likely that the trust in the relationship will be gone, and when that happens it is very hard to gain that trust back.
             An example of distrust due to secrecy in a relationship can be found in my relationship with my brother in law. A few month...