is there a point in asking questions about the past?

Well may be coz, we have gathered a lot memories over time, n we want to refresh them sometimes... Its really lovely to recall sweet memories...

Well, the past is part of our life. When people say move on from the past, well, I kinda find it quite irritating because it is intact in there. I mean, no one can't erase it even a person moves on. There is nothing wrong questioning about the past. Because the past is part of us.

We can learn from the past. For example if I go to Canada I might ask my brother-in -law what sights he liked to see when he was in Vancouver. We are in the present and the past is history so both of these are easy to talk about. The future we may have hopes for but it is a mystery until it happens.

for me, we don't have the right to asked about the other person's past. it is something that is too personal to be discussed unless that person is willing and will be happy to let it out or share it to other. when i met new friends whether from work or introduce by a common friend, i don't have the habit of asking about their past but they on the other hand asked something that was about my past. if their asking about where did i attended college, my course, my past employment...i share it to them but beyond that topic, i set boundaries. i really don't want anyone to get to know me cause i myself don't know yet about myself

Hi, Unless U r determined to WIPEOFF past totally. Childhood is Ur Past,possibly the sweetest past (Of Majority).Will not allow any question on that period,which triggers Ur sweet memory? Past-Present & Future are 3 distinct elements of one's life.Will it be wise to darken one out of three element b'cz it is less meaningful in today's context?will it worth.I donot think... =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.

If we question what happened in the past wouldn't that maybe help us in the future? Or learn from something that happened. SAo next time it might go better or have a diffrent outcome.I learn alot from past things and most of the time it helps me not make the same mistake again. I learned alot from things My family memebers have done too.

I have been with my husband for 14 years now and there are alot of things that I do not know about his past. Don't get me wrong because we have talked about things from our past but I have never asked questions reguarding his past relationships and he does not and has not done this to me. I do not want to know all the details of past people in his life. It was before me and it does not matter. Everything that has happened in each one of our pasts was all apart of our own individual story that in the end lead us to eachother.

We asked questions about the past to probed why some things are happening today. We want to know why such attitude is being possessed by someone especially the important people in our lives. We want also to exchange some experiences with others in order to learn from learn and vice versa. It is important to know some facts in the past to help us study things that exist today. It is needed in almost all subjects and field especially science and history. Anyway I mostly asked questions about the past if the topic is just fine to talk about.