India, April 12 -- A healthy relationship is often a series of learning experiences. One such lesson is understanding the difference between 'privacy' and 'secrecy'. Licensed counsellor Jeff Guenther explains the difference. Privacy means your partner doesn't need to know everyone on your contact list. Secrecy is when they ask, "Who is that?" and you say, "Just a friend," to avoid the conversation. You don't need to share every single experience from previous dates. But hiding a previous marriage, kids, or something that is directly your partner's business is a red flag. Your salary, savings, and fun expenditures is private. But a debt or secret purchases that may impact your partner cannot be kept hidden. Privacy in a relationship is an individual's inner world. Secrecy is when one partner has "checked out" and not informed the other about it. "Privacy protects you, while secrecy protects the situation. It is withholding information your partner needs in order to decide if they even want to be with you. That's not protecting yourself; that's controlling what they are allowed to know so they can't make a real choice," Jeff explains....