Remarry Your Ex: Tweeters Weigh In

Would you remarry your ex?

That's the question blogger Ed Housewright asked in his HuffPost blog post Thursday, weighing the pros and cons of re-tying the knot.

Housewright argued that under no circumstances would he re-marry his two exes, nor does he think they would remarry him. We posed the question to the Twitterverse, which almost universally agreed.

Here are some of our favorite responses:

Comments

[Kristopher Wright]

10:48 PM on 02/09/2012

I've known one couple who remarried each other and were perfectly happy the second time around. I think that's got to be a pretty big exception to the rule, though.

[William Diaz]

04:42 PM on 01/30/2012

I am divorced from my wife and I am the one that filed the paperwork. The circumstances of our divorce were such that despite my notoriously unbending nature about some things, we are giving it another shot and have begun dating again.

If you really love someone, there is always a way back to at least simple and cordial association. If you were honest to yourself about the other person, there is always another chance of falling in love again. If you were honest with the other person about yourself, there is a greater chance that there is nothing left behind to fester in an old wound.

Have a great day!

[mrld20]

06:04 PM on 01/28/2012

What's wrong with two spouses who realize they've made a mistake and they want a second shot?! Geesh...

I am so right when I proclaim that it's going to take gay and lesbian couples to save the institution of marriage from rampaging divorcing heterosexuals...

[KIVPossum]

04:14 AM on 01/28/2012

I know two couples who divorced in the 80s and remarried 7-10 year later. Both are very happy together today. Probably unusual for such a relationship to succeed. For them it has been a good thing

[Helena Williamstom]

05:08 PM on 01/27/2012

I would never remarry, return to an ex or a former employer. If I left, there was a very good reason why.

[twigtrigtrack]

01:43 PM on 01/27/2012

depends on the circumstances of the divorce. In our case, my wife is going through some sort of identity crisis. I love her; she loves me but she just needs to figure out some things. In a couple of months, she will have realized that she made a mistake and then it may be possible to work something out (assuming that I am not in a completely different position).

[vandell909]

09:55 PM on 02/16/2012

But would yo REALLY be willing to take her back? What if she changes her mind...again?

[twigtrigtrack]

12:12 PM on 03/01/2012

exactly...tough call.

[isisreptiles]

11:57 PM on 01/26/2012

Absolutely, positively not. Marrying him once was a huge mistake.

[William Diaz]

04:37 PM on 01/30/2012

The problem might not have been the marriage, but your targeting system...

Have a great day!

[isisreptiles]

04:47 PM on 01/30/2012

You are right about that. I knew it was a mistake but did it anyway for reasons I don't care to get into. But I do take full responsibility for my action.

[MaryfromIL]

09:01 PM on 01/26/2012

Done that, been there, won't do it again.

1st marriage was 4 years, second was 17 years.

[William Diaz]

04:38 PM on 01/30/2012

Married to the same dude, or different ones?

Have a great day!

[MaryfromIL]

08:43 PM on 01/30/2012

Same one. Even after the 2 divorces, we got back together for a couple of years.

We always got along. I just couldn't live with the constant lies, and I got tired of being a work horse.