Turin the Forgetful

[Inziladun]

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.

.....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.

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.