Hey, Spekpup. First of all, I'm very happy for you.
Me and my partner pretty much tell each other everything and it became too much guilt to bear to keep something this important away from him...
Interesting. One of the reasons I pretty much gave up on ever finding a boyfriend was because I thought I'd never be able to tell anyone (other than people in places like ZooVille) about my interest in sex with animals, at the same time I knew that's I'd never be able to keep such a big part of my life hidden from someone I was in a relationship with, so I just figured I was destined to be alone.
Years ago I saw a movie called
Sleeping Dogs Lie (written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait) about a woman who confesses to her fiance that she once performed oral sex on her dog, just out of curiosity. It was just a one time thing that had happened years ago, but he couldn't handle it, and it ultimately destroyed their relationship. (Plus her brother overheard her and told the rest of the family about it causing all kinds of drama.) The moral of the story was that you
don't need to be completely open and honest with your significant other, that it's OK to keep some secrets, and there are some things (like animal sex) that you
shouldn't admit to anyone because doing so would most likely destroy the relationship and possible have bigger consequences. People with such secrets should keep it to themselves and just "let sleeping dogs lie."
That might be good advice for someone who had an experience or two in their past but is not part of their current life. But for me it's
not a "sleeping dog," it's a dog that's very much awake, active, and seeking my attention, and there's no way I could share my life with someone while pretending that the dog didn't exist, if you can follow the metaphor.
I don't mean to make this about me. I guess what I'm saying is that I think you did the right thing, under the circumstances and I'm very glad it worked out for you. It also gives me a small glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, I could someday find a guy who would accept me as I am.
Best wishes to you and your boyfriend.