Do men literally forget their exes or girls they interacted with?

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do men literally forget their exes or girls they interacted with? I remember about every interaction but think more about guy I liked the most pretty often😅 but he was my first real experience and longest even if it wasn’t actually shmex just imitation in cloth lol

VIVANT · Accepted Answer

I think it’s a lot like totally forgetting a place you took time to intentionally visit and I take pains to learn about -plus added emotional weight of rejecting to a biker fringe intimately- it’s doubtful most people simply “forget”

there’s profound energy invested in keeping people “out of mind” but that’s different bc when you forget you don’t need to try and get rid

I can not speak for all people, neither women nor men, but in my opinion it’s really really unlikely.

Anecdotal:

every few months my uncle ( in spirit. not in biology.) finds a reason to tell me a story about a girl he was best friends with in third grade until he accidentally threw a snow cone at her (mid game) and was so mortified he never had the courage to apologize and explain.

Despite that harsh ❄️ interaction, she wrote a riveting review of him in his year book. I am sure she realized he didn’t mean it.

Sounded like he was a very thoughtful socially awkward sweet kid I am sure she understood that- as they were good friends… I mean, they walked home together! Regularly! 🙃

The family moved and sounds like there was no real closure took place… case in point- he brings her up rather often. Now, he seems to seems to have 💯 zero recollection of the fact he has mentioned her and the bittersweet story, to me 1000 times (lucky me 😩 ) but he very CLEARLY did not forget her.

In otter news, she’s a well known writer now 😅

…yes he looked her up 😏

DishLady · Accepted Answer

No. They like to pretend they do... a massive macho/ego thing... but inside they go to mush over a gal and it takes them forever to get over it... meanwhile some guys will burn through piles and piles of the cheaper gals thinking it will help them recover.

Several months/years and a few visits to the free clinic and pharmacy ends up cluing them into the fact that getting all those extra notches wasn't worth it.

Saramad_Hill · Accepted Answer

Eh. Kinda? Not really.
I go most days without thinking about exes (I don't have any kids forcing interactions)
Not that I think they're bad people-- they're just not relevant. I hope they're all fine.
Besides, always thinking about exes is going to turn off the next partner ahead.
So unless there's a kid or a career forcing you to remain in contact, it's just moving on. The world has too many people to meet. Your circle is ever-shifting. Keep who you can. Wish well to who you can. Forget who hurt you-- they'll have to find their own way forward.

Purpleronnie · Accepted Answer

There is one ex that I simply will never forget , perhaps because our relationship could not continue rather than came to an end. The rest I ended which was is final because choosing to be with a woman I’m ALL in , so when it’s over there can be nothing. It’s sounds horrible but they are then nothing to me.

Women I’ve ‘interacted’ with? Well I don’t know how to answer that part , I have interacted and interact with a lot of women but as long as out interactions are platonic then we will likely interact again ?

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Looking at

What's being written by people all over the internet
What's being said by people in the (relative) secrecy of friendship
What's being said by people in the secrecy of therapy
What's being said in the secrecy of religious confession

Then only a particularly bad informed person would pretend that anyone is forgetting anyone lol. We're all remembering anyone, and some people really pushing themselves to forget, that's why we have hard drugs.

Anonymous · Answer

It is a huge myth that men get over break ups faster then women do.

EzraIsShy76028 · Answer

Most likely not unless it was an ex that they spent a very short time with, like only a week or so.

Most likely they just simply don't WANT to remember their exes or girls they interacted with. They are exes for a reason. Perhaps remembering them is painful, reminding them of a relationship that didn't work and made them feel down.

So sometimes it's just better to pretend to have erased something out of your mind. Out of sight, out of mind.

YourFutureEx · Answer

If they had a slightest amount of serious connection with the girl, they will remember. Also, if his body count is low, he'll definitely remember even if there wasn't really a connection.

Personally, I don't even remember the names of half of them. There was a point where I realised that I fucked up and stopped bothering.

AgentG111 · Answer

Depending on the interaction and the length of said interaction (s).

They may still be in our minds, but unless they held or hold a seriously good or bad memory we move on.

Got a ton more things to do and think about and accomplish!

Kaneki05 · Answer

Nope, I remember all vividly and think a lot.

NotLongKindaGirthy · Answer

He probably remembers you. He probably regrets that you didn't let him "put it in." You might still be part of his "spank bank."

BadApple69 · Answer

I remember every girl I’ve interacted with even some that I never had sex with. I remember the girls that got away, I remember the girls I let go. I consider every interaction special and part of my history that I will not ever forget.

genericname85 · Answer

obviously no. if a guy fucks around so much, that he forgets some partners, he lost control. the vast majority of people remember shit. tho they may not choose to constantly dwell in these memories.

Summeroflove · Answer

Forget? Not literally but you can stop thinking about someone and loose feelings. Maybe you remember things

SotiCoto · Answer

"Do men", you ask? Which men? Isn't like anyone here can answer on behalf of all men.  I don't, personally, but I'm not "men".

JHNS98 · Answer

Some men might, but I certainly don't. I can literally name every crush I've ever had back to ninth grade. I'm not going to list them, because it doesn't make sense. Besides, most of them rejected me anyway.

Leon1 · Answer

It simply depends on 1 thing, impact. There are girls that I met that I still remember due to the significance of either what it meant to me or what they meant to me. Then there are most people I’ve met in life that I’ve forgotten.

alice55 · Answer

I talked to so many people that yes I have forgot quite a fews of them in majority I can't even remember their face. I remember some but forgot most.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't forget about them, but the vast majority of them go to the back of my mind. There has really only been one girl who has persistently lived in my head.

ProbablyClueless · Answer

I don't forget them. I tend to remember my interactions with women.

RavVid · Answer

They are in recoverable memory but there is going to have to be a prompt to remember them.

fonduegirl · Answer

They might remember their ex if they really loved her. Girls they have interacted with? Um, not so much. Average guy texts ten girls in one hour

MannMitAntworten · Answer

I remember them for the most part. One I wish I could forget. Some were not very memorable. It happens.

Emmytexrex · Answer

It's not like memory wipey wipey lol 😂  People don't just get erase from our minds like that we move on doesn't mean we forget

Ariesman81 · Answer

Nah... we remember too. Sometimes I wish I could forget though.

Mac-One · Answer

If I outlive my wife I will never forget her.

Nikki1989 · Answer

It is only the insecure, immature ones that struggle to move on.

Danny_dan92 · Answer

I haven’t forgotten about mine. More importantly I don’t forget which ones did me wrong. That way when they try to return to me I know how to deal with them

LiamJHayden · Answer

Exes, no. Mere interactions? Definitely many. I might encounter dozens in one day whom I never see again.

avery58 · Answer

I feel like many of them and maybe even most don't

AndrésC64 · Answer

"Got seven women on my mind, four they want to stone me, two they want to own me, one says she's a friend of mine."

Arcadian222 · Answer

If it was something serious, its almost impossible for us to forget her

Anonymous · Answer

Some men are probably forgetful, but not all men.

SamWinchester058 · Answer

If I've been in a relationship with her, then no. Acquaintances, yes.

sawno · Answer

No, especially my last ex is unforgettable.

exitseven · Answer

I remember all of them. Some I still think about

Drumlin2001 · Answer

Forget? No. But we move on

Iron_Man · Answer

I never forget that special girl

Anonymous · Answer

Some do, some don't. Just like women.

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

I don't but they are on my ignore mode!

robocop666 · Answer

I forget nothing ever.

CB-Raido-Time · Answer

No not usual to forget.

Sam1133 · Answer

Absolutely with in few hours

Vick2828 · Answer

For me. Yes.

Ayaan00001 · Answer

Yes, this is true

linguistrosey · Answer

They don't

qwerty2469 · Answer

Only the ugly ones

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