I can't stand people going back to their exs

Am I the only one who gets irritated when people choose to go back to their exs? I did that once and it didn't work out. However I see people who go back to the same person over and over again. Are they that desperate to be with someone?! It's like why can't they find someone else instead of reliving heartbreak?!

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  • RoseIsabella

    I'm embarrassed and ashamed to say that I have gone back with two exes before, and of course it didn't work, because I'm here telling ya'll about it. The thing is that exes are exes for a reason. One or both parties weren't truly in love anymore, but then they were afraid to be alone.

    I also have a tendency to get frustrated with people who are in dramatic on again off again relationships, because I know first hand that it doesn't work, is pointless and is for people who are afraid to be alone. It's so much better to learn to be alone, because when you learn to be alone you cease to be afraid to be alone. Gratitude for the company of family, friends and trusty & loyal pets is so important. I think with that gratitude one can understand that being single doesn't mean one is automatically alone in the world. One does not need a partner to live. People ought not define themselves by their relationship status. A single person is just as precious and vibrant as a coupled one!

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    • McBean

      I broke up with a girlfriend at age 19, and went back to her at age 63. No regrets. We had a year and a half of fun just like when we were kids.

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      • Ellenna

        Wow! Tell us more please

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        • McBean

          Well, do you want the fun stuff or the naughty stuff?

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          • Ellenna

            Both! It sounds like a very interesting story: why did you only have a year and a half of fun?

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            • McBean

              Because our personalities are not completely compatible.

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  • e51pegasi

    It means that they are immature & see being in a relationship (good or bad) as some form of social status.

    Also they probably crave to be desired by a lover & have to be seen to be desirable by their peer group.

    Does it irritate me, no.
    Their personal life is their business, as long as I don't have to listen the moaning & bitching when the on/off relationship eventually ends.

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    • LOLFanProductions

      It is kind of my business because my bro is going through this. He'll keep going back to the same girl who broke his heart. As his sister, I have a right to be irritated by this. However I can't control who he should and shouldn't be with. The whole situation is saddening, I wish one day he'll see this and move on.

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      • e51pegasi

        All you can do is offer him advice if he asks & be there for him when the inevitable happens. People learn at their own pace.

        People will cling onto a relationship hoping that the situation, or person will change. They seldom do.

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  • JellyBeanBandit

    They probably realise it but have such low self esteem that they can't help but go back to them.

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  • Pumpurrnickel

    I feel the same. Though I think it's because they're stupid enough to think it'll eventually work out, even though it didn't all those other times.

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  • TerriAngel

    I've heard the, we have so many great memories.
    It's better to go with the devil you know.
    He's really changed, this time.
    I haven't seen it work out.
    So when it's over the first time.
    Let it stay over.
    Move on, fresh start.
    No baggage.

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  • Hateful1

    My father and my mother got divorced. My mother has blond hair and blue eyes. Then my father married a women with blond hair and blue eyes with the same first name as my mother. He then divorced her. Married her again a few years later. Divorced her again. Now he's married again. Guess what this woman's hair and eye color are.

    At least this time he when for someone with a different name.

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  • Ummitsme

    Their ex > than you > than a new 3rd party. They're lazy.

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  • wigz

    Who cares, mind your own business.

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  • magic7

    My X came back to whip my ass literally the minute she saw me. She took me over her lap and blistered my bare ass!

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  • Whatintarnation

    After he gets his heart stomped on enough times, the love he feels for her will turn to anger and resentment. Then he will move on. Just gonna have to ride it out til then.

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