Throw it out or hold onto it?

[ZeUs!!]

I have an ex-box (a shoe box with all the aforementioned in it) but I'm probably going to get rid of it soon. It stays hidden at my parents house, I never look in it so I don't need it

[Liquid Blue]

Let me put it this way, chicks in Animation are mad attention whores while Graphic design chicks are usually hot- just pretty stupid/airhead with the lovely addition of being chain smokers.

And alot of times I've noticed that girls will only fly into long drawn out rages dependent on the reactions they get from their boyfriends. If it's something as petty as an ex'es name being dropped, I don't care if she does it, and won't react if she gets upset if I do it. It's nothing serious, I don't know why some chicks actually fly into a rage about it, everyone has an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend.


Only way I could see most chicks actually get upset is if you constantly mention the girl or talk about your past sex-life with them in public.

[Facetious]

This is why I gave an example of "being mad" before. If a girl flips out and slashes your tires or berates you non-stop because you mention an ex, then yes she isn't worth your time. But if she acts mad for a few minutes, who gives a fuck? Girls are emotional, they live and breathe on emotions and sometimes they act up for no other reason than to stir the drama pool. If it's a minor hissy fit, there is no need to think "man she's crazy I need to dump her", or blow the situation out of proportion by feeding into her drama.

If you two are doing fine, why feed into the temporary drama and blow it into a major situation? There are bumps in every relationship, couples aren't going to stay 100% happy all the time (I'm sure your gf has said things in the past that bother you for a little while). The only reason you would need to re-evaluate the relationship is if she blows it out of proportion, and continues to blow it out of proportion. If it's not a big deal, don't help make it a big deal.

All of the girls I know don't ever get mad for minutes at a time, they are either totally cool, or on a mean streak for at least an hour or two. I guess art school chicks are different.

[Heroin Bob]

its a pair of shoes, strap those bitches on your feet, go pick up a sixer and kick back in your glory. all problems solved, why is this thread even still busy?

[Liquid Blue]

This is why I gave an example of "being mad" before. If a girl flips out and slashes your tires or berates you non-stop because you mention an ex, then yes she isn't worth your time. But if she acts mad for a few minutes, who gives a fuck? Girls are emotional, they live and breathe on emotions and sometimes they act up for no other reason than to stir the drama pool. If it's a minor hissy fit, there is no need to think "man she's crazy I need to dump her", or blow the situation out of proportion by feeding into her drama.

If you two are doing fine, why feed into the temporary drama and blow it into a major situation? There are bumps in every relationship, couples aren't going to stay 100% happy all the time (I'm sure your gf has said things in the past that bother you for a little while). The only reason you would need to re-evaluate the relationship is if she blows it out of proportion, and continues to blow it out of proportion. If it's not a big deal, don't help make it a big deal.

[Facetious]

Girls are emotional, and most get upset over stupid shit all the time. Unless she actually pitches a fit over you mentioning your ex, it's not even worth spending time thinking about. Definitely not worth breaking up with her over, because that's just as childish as her reaction.

Does she act upset for a little bit? Fine, don't worry about it. Does she slash your tires over it? Get away from the bitch.

Maybe I've got high standards, but if I'm in a long-term relationship I want it to be with someone who acts somewhat like a normal human being. If a girl gets mad because of something as trivial as mentioning the name of an ex-girlfriend, I'd assume she gets mad at approximately 78238723587235 things a day. Obviously, if she was perfectly rational except when it came to that one thing, it wouldn't be an issue. My girlfriend gets mad about some stupid shit sometimes but if she moved into the realm of getting mad about things that stupid, I'd have to break up with her, what can I say?

[Blood]

What Facetious said, Vykromond. Not just any 'personal habit'

[Liquid Blue]

Good thing I don't let them know where I live until I'm pretty sure they aren't pyscho

[Squeezer]

Girls are emotional, and most get upset over stupid shit all the time. Unless she actually pitches a fit over you mentioning your ex, it's not even worth spending time thinking about. Definitely not worth breaking up with her over, because that's just as childish as her reaction.

Does she act upset for a little bit? Fine, don't worry about it. Does she slash your tires over it? Get away from the bitch.

Another episode brought to you by the common sense brigade.

Is that how black girls resolve problems?

[Liquid Blue]

Girls are emotional, and most get upset over stupid shit all the time. Unless she actually pitches a fit over you mentioning your ex, it's not even worth spending time thinking about. Definitely not worth breaking up with her over, because that's just as childish as her reaction.

Does she act upset for a little bit? Fine, don't worry about it. Does she slash your tires over it? Get away from the bitch.

Another episode brought to you by the common sense brigade.

[Bioture]

depends on whether or not you're on good terms with your ex.

[Pummel]

Or...

Take a dump on it.

[Facetious]

It's pretty crazy to get mad at your significant other just for mentioning the name of an ex. That's not a personal habit, that's a serious jealousy problem. I've been dating my girlfriend for about forever now, and if we broke up, any future girlfriend would have to realize that I spent close to five years with someone and that it's kind of ridiculous to censor the events of 5 years of my life to pretend my girlfriend wasn't with me for them. Obsessing about an ex with one thing, but you should be allowed to mention an ex in normal contexts. I would certainly treat any girlfriend that way. It's annoying when you hear the name of an ex and you immediately get a mental picture of him drilling your girlfriend out, but that's my problem, not hers.

As far as the original question though, I'd certainly throw out any and all couples pictures, romantic letters, and other sappy crap I found when I broke up with someone, why the hell would I want that shit cluttering up my room? If I was in a serious relationship with someone and they had all that stuff stored somewhere and were intentionally keeping it, it would definitely be a warning sign unless they were one of those weird people that keeps literally everything.

[Cops]

so long and thanks for all the shoes!

Maybe if I had a decent relationship end nicely then I'd be more inclined to keep notes and pictures but for the most part I've got very little to say to any of my ex girlfriends.

I've got to agree with Heroin Bob, nothing beats a broken in pair of chucks.

[Vykromond]

What's childish is telling someone to break up with their significant other because one of their personal habits irks your sensibilities.