5 Reasons People Are Tempted To Stay In Touch With Their Exes

Though breakups are trending in today's world but it really gets hard to say goodbye to someone with whom you have shared feelings, dreams, secrets, bed or even an apartment. Just because it didn’t work out between you two does not mean that love and care you had for each other won’t endure. Whether the breakup was mutual or one-sided, it’s never easy to move on. Somewhere you want to hold onto that relationship in some capacity, and it is completely understandable. Your ex is your ex for a reason but he/she has been an important part of your life for a significant amount of time. You both have together shared so many beautiful moments and spent so much time making the relationship all the more beautiful and memorable. 

But post your breakup, (even if you are the one to break things off) all these memories will keep haunting you. You always thought when you would say someone that you don’t want to date them any longer, that should be it, right? But what you did not know was that sometimes even after a traumatic breakup, the salve known as time can strip resentment and anger from our emotional equation, rekindling all kinds of emotions - from the platonic to the romantic, and back again. It is obvious and extremely tempting to get back with an ex because a known devil is better than an unknown. Research says no two exes can ever stay friends without one being emotionally used by the other but many former couples, whether dating partners or spouses, try to remain friends after a break-up, and some are able to manage this transition successfully. Here are five legit reasons why people decide to stay in touch with their exes:

Holding onto hope

Some former couples hold onto a thread of hope that they might get back together, so they stay in touch waiting for that one signal from each other that might ignite that lost spark in the relationship.

Care for each other

A relationship is founded on a tangible foundation of love, even if it simply didn’t work, they most probably still care for each other deeply. While it is possible to fall out of love, there is no off-switch for missing and caring.

Social harmony

A couple always shares a group of friends and post-breakup it gets embarrassing for them when they run into each other at a social gathering. So some couples act mature and avoid all awkwardness within the social groups, by being friends. Staying friends make life less dramatic.

Access to casual sex

"Friends with benefits" becomes a possibility when you are keeping in touch with your ex with no strings attached. It is easy to get added benefits from the person you are not attached emotionally, so because of sexual benefits, many former couples stays in contact with each other.

Curiosity

Many couples decide to stay in touch with each other so that they would get to know what is going on in each other's life. Staying in touch helps them know whether the other person has moved on or is having a happy time after the breakup or found someone to date??

A breakup isn't easy, but is it a good idea to transition into friendship with an ex? Share your views on this with us.