The human race can be funny (peculiar)…on the one hand our race of beings, irrespective of ethnic lineage, takes great pride in our general history and background.
Some cultures have many a pomp and ceremony to mark their countries past and ‘notable’ historical achievements.
On the other hand, especially in western cultures, we can be very guarded about our personal history…sometimes dismissing it altogether.
My question is a simple but it’s one that probably has a complex answer…Does our past have any bearing on how we view and undertake relationships?
I’ll finish this later, I’m too tired now and I don’t want to rush it, please come back again tomorrow. 
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I don’t know where you plan to go, but I have to say, of course, our past impacts our relationships and everything else. We are the sum of our experiences.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
LOL! parts + parts = parts
Phil when the chemistry of love bites who cares about the history, I mean one cannot be held responsible for others mistakes, and besides when one takes a brief look into relationships of the present and the not too distant past and sees the varied mix of races these days, it sort of blows the question into pieces.
I guess that some peeps will think that the past plays a role in how relationships develop, or not, depending on the situation, but in general terms I don’t think that history plays any part in it whatsoever.
Well unless you know different of course?
lol
Androgoth
The only thing I can say is that the older we get the closer we get to our nature. I think that it’s all about how we react to our past. So in that sense yes it can, but perhaps not in the most obvious of ways. Okay, I’m eager to read the second part of this post.
This is a trick, right, Phil? If you tease us with this long enough, our comments will write this one for you?
I’m tricked. Here’s my little contribution:
I like to remember two things when talking about the past. First, our memories are subjective. They only represent our perception of the past, not the past itself. Second, they are temperamental. The influence they have over choices we make today may be different than the influence they have tomorrow.
My past certainly has determined what happens now in relationships. I think it’s maybe that ten foot wall topped with electrified razor wire lol. I think our lifes experiences change how we are in relationships especially the older you get, course if you’re fortunate enough to have been in a really long term relationship then you tend not to have the same experiences I don’t think.
This posting is wandering around in different directions my friend, in fact the way I read your post is that you are directing the question towards the history and backdrop of cultures, and that the personal reference meant how one sees these relationships in the present, based upon the past.
However from reading the higher percentage of comments here, it would indicate that these comments are reflecting upon their own personal knowledge, indeed of their own relationships, so I suppose there is a double edged debate going on here, and where are you Phil? One needs clarity and of course the second part of your posting me thinks?
lol
Have a fine rest of week now
Androgoth
Have a great Christmas Phil
Androgoth