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10 common reasons why people go back to their exes

There is a hard to notice trend in the dating realm, of people going back to relationships they had called off. I observed this last weekend during a college reunion party. Two former classmates, who used to be love birds years ago before going separate ways to start families without each other, arrived hand in hand. While it was evident they were happy with each other, questions arose as to how they could be, since we all knew they had different lives. They happily answered our queries that when the other parties didn’t work out, they ran into each other’s arms and found solace. I didn’t want to believe that after dating separately they chose to ignore what had torn them apart. I decide to find how it was possible and found that while many people chose to move on and forget their pasts, there is a reluctant group of those who choose to relive their past. This arises from varying reasons, including but not limited to:

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