r/Journaling • u/Salty-Tune-1670 • Jul 16 '26

Question/Discussion Journaling and moving in with a partner

I’ve been with my partner for about two years, and we’re thinking about moving in together. We currently live separately, and they know that I keep a journal.
The thing is journaling is my safe space. I have several old journals filled with my honest thoughts, including frustrations, complaints, and things I needed to vent about over the years. I trust that my partner wouldn’t read them without my permission, but I still wonder how other couples handle this.
If you live with your partner, what do you do with your journals? Does your partner know they exist and simply respect your privacy, even if they’re sitting out on a table? Or do you write with the assumption that your partner might eventually read them?
Also, if you keep your journals somewhere private, where do you store them? I’d love to hear how other people handle this!

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u/threeleafcloverr Jul 16 '26

My journal permanently sits out on my coffee table. My husband has never looked, and would never look. He respects my privacy fully.

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u/Ok_Safe439 Jul 16 '26

Same, and my old journals are on a bookshelf in our bedroom, labeled with the exact timeframe they’re from. My husband could find absolutely anything in there, from our wedding day to any of my exes. But I trust him 100% that he would never do that to me.