Faithwoman

Ok, I know there is many threads in regards to different things with this topic, but I have a question.

So when a man and woman, guy and gal, break off a relationship, I see there is a difference in regards to what one many hold onto from the previous relationship.

What I mean by this, is for me when my relationships have ended, I want "rid" of all reminders.. ie.. cards, pictures etc..

I have seen it different for guys. For example, I do not understand why my boyfriend has hung onto the cards from a previous relationship and not even the one before me. Not only has he hung onto them, they are right there in the drawer, next to the ones I have given him. Now for whatever unknown reason, this bothers me. I mean if you want to hang onto something from a previous relationship, something that meant something to you, why not put them in a box up on a shelf? I had asked him one time and he said it is not like he picks them up and reads them, they are just there.. They are still there and we have been dating for almost 2 years.. many a time I was tempted to pick them up and throw them away, but that is my property..

I know this is a "stupid" thing, but it is something that bothers me. I feel out of respect, either put them away, or throw them away.. just my thought..

Faithwoman

worshipper

Faithwoman;
I just have to laugh at a memory that your message brings up...I liked David in 4th grade, 6th grade, 8th grade and by 12th grade (our senior year) he asked me to the prom and we went on trips together.

At dinner one evening, he told me that he had the poem and box that I had bought him as a birthday gift in 4th grade!!! it was sitting on his dresser!!! I couldn't believe it.

I dated a boy in college rather seriously and got rid of gifts, pictures, etc that had to do with that relationship. I don't even have a pic to prove that he looked like a Elvis/Victor Mature look-alike because he certainly doesn't look like that now (I have seen a pic on the internet a few years ago)...

I know that men and women are VERY different and God has made us that way to fulfill His plan...I liken it to the tower of Babel...if we spoke the same language we wouldn't need Him to help us so much...

smellycat

strange question,when you are single,love letters from the past etc,give you comfort that you have been loved,like a safety blanket.and they make you laugh and smile when you read them again.see how young you really was..should you get rid of them ,i don,t know ,i,m married now and left mine at my parents house.you never know when you might need them again to pick you up.

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smellycat

the reason we have free will is to know our emotions are our own and not computed.we need freedom to know ourselves.

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Boanerges

And it depends on the person- I did not save anything from the past.

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BreathOfGod

I agree with Boanerges..... I think saving or not saving things depends on the person (and also the circumstances), and is not a gender thing.

Fluffy

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adonaicole

I had to laugh at this post, because I was guilty. I kept all the letters/pictures from my "girl" friends until I got married and then they went in the trash.

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Mellow

I thought you where going to talk about women being better than men, or men being better than women since the title is "Differences Between Men and Women".

He has an issue with hanging on to the past. That's what I think. He clings to things. He doesn't want to move on.

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Mellow

We've got two opposite opinions here.

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