13 Real Reasons Exes Want to Come Back

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🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:23.8	Laura.com. So well done, I think a well-done article in thought catalog.com. Thought catalog.com. The title isog.com.
0:37.6	The title is 13 real reasons X's want to come back.
0:47.9	I thought, hmm.
0:51.6	Interesting.
0:54.2	It's written by Holly Riordan.
0:58.6	R-I-O-R-I-O-R-D-A-N.
1:01.7	R-I-O-R-I-R-D-A-N.
1:06.9	Starts out by asking,
1:08.6	why do X's want to come back,
1:10.3	especially when you're finally healing from the pain they brought you?
1:17.5	She sort of summarizes it, but it's worth going through her points.
1:21.9	So I'd like us to spend the time together, because a lot of you have to think about this.
1:25.9	Oh, and we got back together and we got
1:27.5	married again. Oh my God. Did anything change? Well, no. And the devil we know is why we let them
1:36.0	back. So let me just quote this one thing and then I'll just go through her points.
1:45.8	It could boil down to a few different things.
1:48.0	Maybe they genuinely miss you and want to get back together with you.
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