Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26385535-20160907041710/@comment-24674051-20160922201945

I hope this is not the case, be we do know that Regina does dabble in forgetting potions (just like her mom before her). As Does Rumple.

Should what we know about Snow and David turn out to be not as we once thought, I propose this alternate story.

Prior to their encounter on the road in "Snow Falls"/"Snow Drifts", David encountered Bandit Snow on the Run from Regina, and provided her a safe place to hide. As things unfurl, we see Regina threaten David, and also remark on the fact that he bears a strong resemblence to Prince James. Rumple, because he is hoping for the True Love of Snow and David, intervenes by first casting a sleep spell, then a forgetting spell tha covers Regina, David, Snow, and Ruth, and finally removes Snow and Regina from David's farm to protect everyone, and starts to concoct anoither way of getting Snow and David to get together, involving cutting the funds of King Georges Kingdom.

Terrible theory, and as I said I rather hope that they don't pull this level of retcon.