Marry Your Ex? Four Good Reasons to Consider It

Recently I got a wedding invitation from a couple I was friends with in high school...who broke up seventeen years ago! I am happy for them; however, I have to wonder why, after being married to and divorced from other people, they finally found that the one from the distant past was the right one all along. After much careful thought I realized there are at least four good reasons to marry your ex.

First, being involved with people you don't know can be scary. You can't predict whether the person politely sitting across from you at the fancy restaurant is going to become dangerous if it doesn't work out. But you know your ex is not psychotic, or if they are you know you have only yourself to blame when they burn down your house. At the very least you know how many fire extinguishers you need to keep on hand.

You know how to please each other sexually. You may also find he or she has learned some new moves in the bedroom since you broke up. Can you sleep with your ex without being jealous and wondering where they have been? Yes, if you think of your ex as a brand new lover. After all, hopefully you both have grown and neither of you are the exact same person you once knew. So when you marry your ex, you get the wonderful combination of comfortable sex mixed with everyone's favorite, new and exciting sex.

You get that rare chance to do it all over again differently. Whether you put your ex out of your mind they day you broke up or you have carried a torch for them all this time, elements of your ensuing relationships were attempts to make your ex happy by proxy. Assuming you have learned from your mistakes, you now have a chance to make up for past transgressions with your ex. And this time, you know what makes them happy or what upsets them.