Should I Get Back With My Ex? 6 Questions to Ask Yourself First
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- 31 Jan 2023
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I think all of us, at one point, are guilty of wondering if we should get back with an ex. It may have been a short fling or maybe it was your first high school sweetheart. Or you may even have been married to each other before! According to Psychology Today, 6% of married couples divorce and remarry each other. Around 10% to 15% reconcile but don’t get married again.
With Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck getting back together, reconnecting with an old flame seems to be on a lot of folk’s minds. Couple that with an apocalyptic pandemic and lockdowns and maybe the reasons you broke up are getting a little hazy in your mind. Maybe this time it could work. And it can! BUT, and this is a big but, a host of things need to have happened first to give you guys a fighting chance again.
1. Why Did You Break Up?
The first thing we have to remember is that the breakup was for a reason. And there could be a lot of different reasons. It could have been a slow erosion in the connection and in communication. Many times, something precipitates the breakup. So you have to really understand what didn’t work the first time if you want the second time to work.
2. What Has Changed?
If you are thinking about conscious recoupling, ask yourself why? What has changed to make you think that it will work this time? Has there been a passage of time? A large change in lifestyle? It’s not enough to be able to identify why you broke up. You need to figure out what is better this time around that makes you think that it could work. Read More…
