PAST RELATIONS..... do you feel jealous if your partner talks about it?

@roniroxas (10560)
Philippines
May 3, 2007 5:36pm CST
i have a friend who always get jealous when her partner talks about past relationship.... not that her boyfriend loves to talk about it but sometimes when her boyfriends meets some old friends and talks about past relationship she will really freak out. sometimes it leads to a fight between the two of them. so how about you?
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5 responses
• United States
3 May 07
Your friend is insecure. She needs to see that she's the one he wants in his life now. She's probably the only one thinking about these past girls. Most guys don't think jealousy is attractive. He shouldn't talk about pastr relationships, it's in very poor taste, but if something does slip out here and there, tell her that if she keeps getting mad about it, her boyfriend might start thinking that if she's that insecure with herself, she must not think she's that great, so how can he? When you doubt yourself it's easy for others to doubt you. If he's dating her, there must be something about her that he thinks is amazing. She needs to see that in herself and have the confidence that she is amazing!
• United States
5 May 07
You're right. And it is hard to not picture who you're with with whoever they were with before you, but the past can never change, so why bother, you know? A good way for your friend to get over her jealousy is by her thinking about her great qualities and never compare herself to another girl :)
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
5 May 07
you have a good point there. there is something about her that is nice thats the reason the guy likes her.... but if this wrong way of jealousy hurts the relation so much one of this days she might be a past girlfriend her self. thanks for the response.
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
6 May 07
exactly.
3 May 07
With most of my relationships it hasnt bothered me but when you really do love someone and you don't think they feel them same then it is understandable to be jealous. Jealousy though is horrible thing and can definately drive a couple apart. You should maybe speak to this friend of yours and tell he she should explain to her boyfriend when they are all calm how much she doesn't like it. I once had a boyfriend say that to me and I instantly realised how horrible it must have been and I genuinely didn't realise that I was doing it.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
4 May 07
yes i agree on what you say that jealousy is horrible and can drive a couple apart. but sometimes if you love someone so much things like this can be uncontrollable. thanks for the response.
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
5 May 07
yap they always talk about it calmly but the problem is when my friend hears the names again of those past girlfriends well.... her she goes again freaking out.
4 May 07
What I am saying though is she should discuss it calmly and ask the boyf not to make any references to them and day how they reallly feel about each other.
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
4 May 07
Yes... I feel really jealous... I dont know why...esp when I realize how much he have loved that girl... but i still want to know everything about them... I want to learn why things didn't go well between them the fact that they are both inlove with each other... but we didnt reach the situation of having a fight... hehehe
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
5 May 07
you know why? well we are human and we have this feelings that sometimes we ourselves cant explain why. but good for you it is not ending up on a fight. thanks for the response
@noriko (1254)
3 May 07
nope, sometimes we even talk about it and laugh about it. my hubby has a few girlfriends from the past and sometimes he is the one who is shy talking about it. i think it is not right to get jealous of something that happened from the past where your partner dont know you yet, if this relationships happen while you are the partner already then it is the time to get jealous and furrious.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
4 May 07
well i think that is cool on talking about each others past without feeling any jealousy. thanks for the response
• Philippines
4 May 07
I always wanted to know how my partner and his ex's been with their relationships. For me this is an added information to get to know the person very well. I always have this principle that one way to be able to know who the person is, is to know what were his experiences. I need to know their stories and I also need to know how they handle situations and stuff. In that way, I'd be able to know what are his positive and negative attitudes. Hence, it's very fine with me if my boyfriend shares about his past relationships. But there has to be limitations on it. He must be that sensitive with my feelings. He can share whatever things about them but not like ALL the TIME. It disrespects me already if he shares too much..Because if he does that, i might think that he still loves her.... So, again, he must be sensitive enough and not talk about it again and again. :)
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
5 May 07
nice point also you have there. thanks for the response