The average percentage of successful reconsolidated romantic partnerships is 15%.
“Should I get back with my ex?” equates to about 3,100,000,000 Google search results.
I would be lying if I said I have not contributed to this search count.
As the computer screen gleams upon my face, creating the only source of illuminating light in my bedroom at 1 am, I begin to read the stories and numerous amounts of advice found on the topic of reconciliation with an ex romantic partner. What starts this 1 am Google search? It is the continuous playback loop of hearing my ex literally say the words, “If I ever come back and we are both single, maybe we can start back up where we left off…”
Why Do We Do It?
There is a sense of hope we take with us as we leave our relationships — a hope for a future timing that just might work out.
Perhaps…
How is it possible to have a breakup without a reason?
“Sometimes, two people can put all they have into each other and it still doesn’t work out the way they always wanted it to.” — Jenna Reed in Millennials of Michigan, Odyssey
So you just broke up.
“He is too needy.”
“She is inconsiderate.”
“He is too _______.”
“She is not enough _______.”
We seek answers to our romantic dilemmas and separations as if the outcome of our relationships can be justified through a plausible and theoretical equation; because of Reason A, Reason B occurs. Sometimes there are reasons; there are explanations for the ending of a relationship.
However, a…
Michelle Tad
Insights from a millennial with an entrepreneurial mindset, and a passionate love for understanding relationships.
