Send to a Friend

jca's avatar

Why is it that when we reminisce, we often tend to remember the good times and not the bad?

Asked by jca (36062points) April 14th, 2011

It seems like when I reminisce with friends, we remember the good times. We remember the free feeling, the hanging out, etc. but don’t remember things like being broke all the time or being bored or not having a car.

When we reminisce about the dead, it’s almost taboo to discuss bad things. People usually say only good – what a good person the dead person was, how generous, fun loving, etc.

Why do you think this is?

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.