You may know from personal experience that getting back together with an ex can be bad news, but now there's science to back this up. One researcher has found that couples in "cyclical relationships" tend to have more problems — and worse marriages.
A 42-year-old Dutch woman was charged with stalking for allegedly calling her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year. At a hearing, she insisted that they were in a relationship, so the number of calls "wasn't excessive." Aside from the alleged victim, we feel bad for the best friend who had to come up with a…
Meeting your ex's new partner — or, for that matter, your new partner's ex — can be an incredibly stressful experience. But a few simple tips will help you stay cool and keep your dignity.
Need another reason not to obsessively stare at your ex's Facebook page? If you're like one Italian teen, it could give you asthma attacks!
When one Elle writer went in search of an old flame, she fell prey to stalking his wife. And other risks of cyber-surveillance.
I found my ex-boyfriend on Facebook. Did you raise your eyebrows? Do you think this is a good idea? How do you imagine this story will end? Would it change your mind to learn that we broke up in 1978?
Well, this seems like a rather bad idea.
The names and events here are true: CBS legal analyst Andrew Cohen wrote a horribly self-centered open letter to his ex on her wedding day. Lizzie Skurnick called him out on it. So Andrew wrote Lizzie a very Crap Email.
In many ways, there's nothing stupider than agreeing to meet your ex-fiancé for a nice, chummy holiday coffee date just two months after the betrothal was broken. Which is probably why Katie, having initially agreed to Jeff's overtures, backed out.
Since we started this series, the questions have been coming: you're meeting exes, and exes' new partners, and your current partner's exes...and you may want a social/aesthetic challenge. So, what to wear?
Heartbroken? According to stress expert Andrew Bernstein, you're actually "thoughtbroken," and you can fix everything by filling out a simple worksheet. Except this is the most depressing worksheet ever.
In October Vogue, Tad Friend pulls a High Fidelity by contacting all his exes. One of them reminds him that she didn't really sleep with him that many times — and from the article, you can kind of see why.
"You really have to leave my ex alone," said a college boyfriend bluntly. "She has no interest in being friends with you and she thinks your friendliness is weird. Creepy, even." Oh.
Very few people wonder these days why J.P. Weichel and his ex-wife are divorced, ever since Weichel was charged with criminal libel for posts he put on Craigslist accusing his ex of sleeping with her divorce lawyer and beating their child. In fact, sometimes, talking shit about your ex says a lot more about you (and…
The oft-parodied scene in The Graduate where Ben Braddock bangs desperately on the glass door of the chapel, interrupting Elaine Robinson's wedding, is generally thought of as an incredibly romantic cinematic moment. And, like many cinematic moments, when they happen in real life they're totally creepy. The New York…
It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, the wind beneath my wings, Rich, helps me dole out advice on stuff like incest fantasies, rape fantasies, and friends with bad…
