There are good reasons for getting back together with an X.

Here's when reconciliation might make sense.

Never ever get back together with an X.

You want to just move on and keep focusing on what's in front of you, not on what's behind you.

Hey, you broke up for a reason.

Don't make the same mistake twice.

We've all heard this advice.

It's one of the most common relationship rules, the idea that once the relationship ends,

it needs to stay that way. No contact is the best path forward. And honestly, at first glance,

it makes sense. You broke up because something wasn't working, obviously.

You don't want to keep repeating the same cycle over and over.

You deserve to find someone who's better.

And if you ask most people, your friends, your family, even strangers online, everyone's going to tell you pretty much the same thing.

Don't go back. You'll regret it. They're an X for a reason. Sounds logical, sounds empowering.

It sounds like the kind of tough love advice that's supposed to help you move on and not get caught up in the rose-colored glasses.

But here's the problem with that advice.

Most people who give that advice are speaking from their own ego.

Now, that may sound like a very bold statement, but just stick with me.

Because when somebody tells you never go back to an X, where is that advice really coming from?

A lot of the time, it's coming from their own pride or their own fear or past wounds.

Maybe they had a bad breakup and they never healed from it.

Or maybe they regret how they handled a past relationship.

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