Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
I wouldn't ask or expect anyone one to get rid of past memories that were special to them.

We all only have one life to lead and will only experience each phase of our lives but once.

I've never been a hoarder of things and have thrown out all my pics, letters, cards etc over the years but now I wish I hadn't.

Why would you be so paranoid and needy that your partner isn't even allowed any memories of their past lives?

Shit like that doesn't bother me in the slightest and any girl who has ever acted like that with me has always turned me right off quite honestly with their feelings of jealous inadequacies.

She's with you so why fret over some photo's or a ring?

The only reason such things ever become a problem is when someone gets all jealous over them.
It's not the things themselves, but what they represent. If you have such fond memories with that person then why aren't you with him/her still (not YOU specifically, but you know what I mean)? I admit, I'm extremely possessive of my wife, not to the point where I have to know where she is at all times, but I want her to know she is all mine in the sense of an intimate relationship. Items kept from another relationship undermine that in my opinion. They're a reminder that at some point in time she wasn't with me.