full disclosure vs what you don't know can't hurt you

Is it better to have full disclosure or is it really true that what you don't know can't hurt you? It is a little bit embarrassing to admit, but I do confess to following Gossip Girl and reality television shows such as the Hills and the City. On the show Gossip Girl, an anonymous narrator chronicles the juicy lives of privileged teens living in Manhattan. He/she is a blogger who posts gossip courtesy of sources around town. Another juicy program that pulls in its viewers with its hot gossip is the City, the MTV spinoff of the Hills. Both shows basically revolve around couples getting into tiffs triggered by a photo taken via cell phone of 1 of the 2 doing something disloyal while out at a bar. This outburst of a new genre in its own right has brought about the question of whether or not it is better to have full disclosure, or is it really true that what you don't know can't hurt you? Would you rather know everything that is going on in the lives of your friends, relatives, and significant others? I'm sure at times, everyone would rather spare themselves the agony of sitting around and wondering what their loved one is doing; it's times like these that the convenience of instant knowledge is appealing. Personally, I wish we could rewind a few years and bring back some of the mystery. We need to be able to rely on old fashioned things like trust, not technology when it comes to our relationships, all of our relationships. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.