When you've lived most of your 20+ years of life without the people who are now very close to you, how do you feel when you catch glimpses of their past, the things they've experienced in their past... without you?

Some people were totally different people in the years before you entered their lives. Sometimes it's hard to connect who they are now with who they were then. Sometimes it's hard to figure out how much of their past is still with them, or how it might affect you... or how much you should take note of their past in present and in the future.

I guess you just trust. Trust who they are now that you've allowed into your heart... and hope that trust, openness, and honesty will be rewarded with trust, openness, and honesty in return.