Saving Your Relationship Matters...
Apparently getting back together with an old boyfriend or girlfriend is a relatively common occurrence. Unfortunately, the practice could lead to problems.
A new study of relationship patterns finds that nearly half of older teenagers and young adults break up and get back together with previous dating partners.
Additionally, over half of this group have sex as part of the reconciliation process.
In the study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Research, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Wendy Manning, Peggy Giordano and Monica Longmore studied data on 792 daters and cohabiters ages 17 to 24.
This age cohort is also known as “emerging adults.” The researchers studied two relationship patterns specifically — reconciliation with an ex, or breaking up and getting back together, and “sex with an ex,” when couples break up, yet remain sexually involved....More at Be Careful When Rekindling a Relationship | Psych Central News
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