Why would a girl hold onto items from a previous relationship?

[Anonymous]

Like let’s say it’s a pink rose covered Valentine’s Day bear that her ex bought her for Valentine’s Day before they broke up

[RingOfFire]

If you watch Jasmine and Gino on the 90 Day Fiance series she turns into a raving screaming lunatic when she finds a few things around his house like a birthday card he or something he made for his ex. She goes BALLISTIC on him! And he didn't even realize these little things were still in his house.

BUT...

In the meantime SHE is still carrying on a secret friendship with HER ex and then even took money from him to get plastic surgery on her butt without telling Gino!

What is it with women like that?

[WindAtMyBack]

Personally I don't get rid of stuff from previous relationships because they were part of my life. Just because I am no longer with them and have moved on, doesn't change the past.

EVERYTHING from the past is part who I am. I don't throw it away lightly.

[sage2021]

I do it because I am a very sentimental person. These aren't just 'things', there are memories attached to things we keep, and it doesn't have to come from a boyfriend either. It can come from anyone that gave you something that has meaning to it.

I just don't have the ❤️ heart to throw something in the trash that I am attached to. I just can't bring myself to do it.

[Paris13]

I Have many and Plenty Of Things From Past Relationships, Including Pictures. I May Not Display Everything Under the Sun, Hun, But No Harm in Keeping What Once Was and May Still Be-----Important. xxoo

[nawtee_me]

Is it for nostalgic or romantic reasons? I know you’re a romantic at heart…. So am I… lol

[Paris13]

@nawtee_me Really? lolxxoo

[Paris13]

Thanks, Gag. xxoo

[PeachyPie93]

No idea? I think that it is super weird to keep things from past ex's that aren't usable like cards, letters, pictures. Once I am done with someone I want to completely forget they ever existed. I don't want to remember them or have things that will remind me of them.

[TheSpaceGnome]

I think it depends on the item, like if an ex got her a video game or gaming system, she's obviously not going to just throw away perfectly good gaming stuff.

Sometimes its trivial enough to forget about, sometimes its a collectable they are saving to sell or for display, sometimes they keep a gift tspite

[TheSpaceGnome]

i accidentally hit enter before i finished typing

here is the finished edit:
I think it depends on the item and people in question, like if an ex got her a video game or gaming system, she's obviously not going to just throw away perfectly good gaming stuff.

Sometimes its trivial enough to forget about, sometimes its a collectable they are saving to sell or keep for display, sometimes they keep a gift just to spite their ex on having wasted the money. Sometimes they keep it out of sentimentality because they miss their ex, and probably a bunch of other reasons.

[Anonymous]

nah i’m not going to lie i think it’s weird too 😂 i have a friend who keeps love letters and all that from exes and i get it it’s sweet but i guess it depends on the person because me personally whenever the relationship is done at least mine ended prettt bad so i throw away everything i was given from that person but if it ended nice and the man was kind to me i guess i would keep the things because i did date a man who won me a stuffy at a carnival and i kept that one because he was a good guy, however i wouldn’t see myself with him if i’m being honest

[Anonymous]

You might not like the person now, but you liked the good moments attached to those things. Same thing with pictures of your ex. You may be over them, but they were a part of your life and your memories. You don't just have to trash everything unless you feel that is literally the only way you can move on.

[Apple1996]

It was still part of her life so there is no reason to get rid of it. I have a few items that my exes gave me. It's not weird to hold onto memories

[Account]

We don't even notice them they exist or we forget to throw them away. It doesn't mean anything. At least it never means anything to me.

[Account]

If a guy I am in a relationship with held an item his ex bought him, I wouldn't give a shit

[FreyaRed]

See it as a challenge. When your gifts get more important than theirs you won her heart.

[laly520]

obviously she didn't move on fully from that relationship

[Androktasia]

I threw out all the pictures but kept plushies or jewellery just because it'd be a shame to throw them out

[LiamJHayden]

Because she likes it. And just because a romantic relationship failed does not automatically mean the former partners hate each other.

[EmmaMary]

Trophy Tokens!

[rosemilk]

because she likes it

[Zestyassmf1997]

It would be kind of a waste to toss it.

[Asker]

But it’s not weird to hold onto a romantic gesture that a ex partner did

[Zestyassmf1997]

You’re assuming that’s how she thinks of the bear.