To ask for getting back with an ex stories?

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Had a short relationship with someone earlier in the year. We have recently been in touch with each other again and have talked about giving things another go. We never argued when we were together, it ended due to something that was happening at the time which is now resolved.

Has anyone got back with an ex and it’s worked out well for them? We’ve been apart about 2 months so it’s not been too long. I’m a bit wary of getting involved and it ending again, though I’m aware that could happen with anyone.

No one got any success stories? Is that a sign I shouldn’t go there

I was in a long term relationship and we split for over a year - got back together and everything was perfect for about a year, like really perfect, too perfect. All ended and I was cheated on and my ex left me for someone i knew. My advice - it ended for a reason and don't go there! Not every story is the same of course, and maybe i am just cynical ha!

I married mine if that helps. Had an on/off relationship about 20 years ago, didn't see each other for 10. Been together 13 years and married for 1.

He's a nobber sometimes but he's my nobber 😂😂

Met a lad at 16 and fell head over heels in love with him, he not only broke my heart but absolutely smashed it to pieces (if I think back to that time now I can still feel a physical pain!). I went on to have a long term relationship of 8 years which ended badly due for many reasons. First night I went out after the split I bumped into first love, he had just finished a long term relationship as well but I was not in any place to want to start anything with him. After some texting etc we met up, i very, very, reluctantly allowed myself to open up to him again and enjoy his company.

3 years on we are now married with an amazing 6 month old son. I must say though after remembering how much he broke my heart the first time it's funny how amazing our relationship is now, I think people can change and we were just kids the first time round. Neither of us has ever been happier and I definitely made the right choice to get back together with him.

Good luck whatever happens

My best friend made it work with her husband! :)

I broke up with my now husband when we we'd been dating for about 3 years because we just "fell out of love" then spent a year apart and when we met again we got back together and we've been closer ever since. I think we needed the distance to realise what we had together. We've now been together for 6 years since then and married for 3 of those.

Yep, together as teenagers, apart for 20 years during which time I had other relationships and he had a marriage and kids. We got back together a few years ago and now have 2 kids and are getting married soon. He can drive me crazy at times but I wouldn't be without him.
We only broke up because we were too young, no cheating or anything that would be likely to cause issues now.

I dated someone for a couple of months then split up due to us both having things going on in our lives that made the relationship unworkable, there was no hard feelings and the split wasn’t due to problems in the relationship. We stayed in touch and a few years later got back together and are now married. I think the biggest thing is that we don’t split due to problems between us so getting back together just worked.

Guy and I were good friends in college, but I was living with someone. We broke up and I started dating friend. The problem was that I was moving very far away after graduation. It was too soon to be serious. Plus I wasn’t completely over my breakup yet so letting new boyfriend give up the job he had lined up to follow me would not have been fair. We broke up, but stayed friends.

I eventually get back together with the guy I was originally living with. We got married. Monumental mistake on both counts. I don’t know what possessed me to do that. My Only defense is that my parents provided a really crappy example of a marriage and I just didn’t know better. So that ex story ended badly.

As soon as I split from XH, friend and I converted friendship to relationship. We’ve been married for a very long time at this point.

Whenever DH and I were not together, we still hung out together and talked frequently. People were constantly confused by our relationship. In retrospect, I can understand why.

Some of these stories are lovely, thanks for sharing @Thattwatoverthere and Frouby how did you get back in contact with each other after so long apart?

I don’t think I’d be lucky enough to have something long-term with my ex but I really enjoyed being with him and there were never any problems between us so I think I’d like to take the chance even if it was just to spend a bit more time together.