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"You date, you break up, you hook up one more time (and then one more time after that and promise it&amp;amp;#8217;s really the last time). Wait, what? Oh, yea, sex with an ex is actually a pretty common occurrence and a recent study in the Journal of Adolescent Research broke it down for us to let us know we&amp;amp;#8217;re not alone. Phew! I&amp;amp;#8217;m totally guilty. I was such a sucker for the last guy I seriously dated that I just couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t pull the plug. It was one of those long, drawn out break-ups that finally ended in a major explosion. But in between the break-up and the hellish finale, there was a brief period where I did it: I hooked up with my ex (OK, more than once&amp;amp;#133;). We totally thought we could make it work again (while he was also seeing a new girl?) but things just felt different. It wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t romantic. It wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t fun. Actually, it was just plain emotionally draining. I knew it was a Don&amp;amp;#8217;t but I did it anyway. But I&amp;amp;#8217;m not the only one who&amp;amp;#8217;s done it. The Journal of Adolescent Research collected responses from 792 young adults ages 17 to 24 and found that more than one quarter had had sex with an ex. That sounds about right&amp;amp;#133; and I bet that number would be larger if you asked adults 17-40! The same study also found that 53% of people who rekindled things with an ex actually chose to have sex with that partner while they were in another relationship. And 87% of participants said that they decided to get back together after having sex with an ex. Yikes. You guys, this is exactly why I&amp;amp;#8217;m against being friends with your exes if you&amp;amp;#8217;re seeing someone new. Why bring any of that baggage into a good relationship? Unless you really do want to test the waters with Mr. Ex one more time. Then, so be it! But if you&amp;amp;#8217;re happy and want to give your new relationship a real shot, I say bid adieu to your ex once and for all. Seriously, though, how likely is it that you&amp;#x27;ll wind up with your Mr. Big after breaking up, hooking up, breaking up, and getting back together again? We can&amp;#x27;t all be Carrie, y&amp;#x27;all. Shouldn&amp;#x27;t it be a little less dramatic than that? Let&amp;#x27;s leave sex with an ex to the pros. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve done it, J&amp;amp;#8217;s done it, and more than 25% of young adults have done it. But have you ever had sex with an ex? Was it a good experience? Do you think it&amp;amp;#8217;s ever a good idea? Do you think sex with an ex is just kind of a given when you&amp;#x27;ve had more than one long-term relationship? Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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