physical tomorrow morning, new pcp, im going to be asked "how many partners last year" and i dont know what number to give

9pm thursday. annual physical tomorrow at 845am w a new pcp bc my old one retired. new clinic, never seen this doctor. the dread is specifically the partner count question. previous doctor i had since i was like 22 and he knew my deal (i told him in 2019, he wrote down "consensually non monogamous" in my chart and never made it weird, RIP best doc ever, enjoy ur retirement man). this new doctor knows nothing about me except whats transferred in the chart. now actual count. last 12 months as a single 34 yr old woman lifestyle / open, ive had partners. lets just say its more than the average single woman my age according to whatever survey i half-read on healthline. not 100s, not even close. but more than the "1 to 3" most ppl seem to write down. the dilemma. tell the truth — yes — but. then comes the followup questions which are usually fine (more frequent sti screening, etc, which i already DO every 3 months at planned parenthood) but sometimes come w a Look. the look is what i dread. the moment a new doctor adjusts how they see me bc of a number on a form. half truth — give a smaller number to dodge the look. risk : if there is an sti exposure or something i actually need her to take seriously, im handing her bad data. and lying to my own doctor is also just kind of a thing i hate doing. the third option which is the one im thinking about — give the real range and lead with the fact that im routinely screened, my partners are also responsibly screened, im in a community where this is the norm. preempt the assumption. take the look out of her hands. heres the thing tho. i shouldnt have to do all that emotional labor at 845am with someone i just met just bc my number is bigger than her mental average. and yet i will probably do it. and tomorrow night ill come home and journal about it. oh another thing — i live in a state where reproductive privacy is a Whole Thing right now. i dont know this doctors politics. i know on paper she cant share my chart but i also know reality is more complicated. and idk if "i have had X partners in 12 months" stays out of insurance algorithms or whatever else. any other lifestyle / ENM / sex positive ppl have a script for the new pcp visit that you trust. and have any of you been outright mistreated by a doctor over partner count, or am i borrowing trouble