It's good to bump an old thread now and then, especially since I'm curious about this also.
It seems from the
Narn I Hîn Húrin in
UT that he just got busy with other things, and Nellas' memory was covered by other interests.
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.....so that as Túrin's boyhood passed and he turned his thoughts to the deeds of men, he saw her less and less often, and at last called for her no more.
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I wonder, too, if the teenage Túrin winced inside when he thought of how he'd walked through the woods with an Elf-maiden, spending time talking of "unmanly" things. I can see Túrin, proud as he was, making a conscious effort to forget those years if he thought them unprofitable and, in hindsight, embarrassing.