Marrying Your Ex-Husband - Mistakes Can Be Very Expensive
Yours was a marriage made in heaven. It promised to be a life of pure, unadulterated magic, uncontaminated by the insidious influences of today’s world. It was meant to be a celebration of your existence with an enduring mystique that was the stuff that fantasies are made of.
Though all weddings are the same, every marriage is different. And how was yours any different from all other alliances around? Simple, it was over in the blink of an eye! Alas, your marriage enveloped in a rose-tinted cloud could not envelope you in euphoria for very long.
But now the tears have abated, and the bitterness and loathing is a thing of the past. There seems to be a sea change in you. You are, much to the utter horror and trepidation of your well-meaning friends, seriously contemplating marrying your ex-husband.
But before you give this highly debatable idea a full-on shot, it’s important to have a nuanced understanding of the consequences.
Success, Second Time Around?
Now before you go completely giddy with anticipation, let’s be clear about one thing. It’s perfectly natural for every divorcee to have second thoughts after the life-changing event. But it’s here that one needs to consider things rationally. Ask yourself the following pertinent questions:
- Do you honestly believe that things could change, especially after a miserable first innings?
- Is his presence that important to you?
- Will you be able to forgive and forget, especially after the rough patch your relationship hit?
Ardent votaries of the institution of marriage believe that things could work out the second time around. After all, there are several cases that support their cause. But this is just one end of the spectrum.
There are many that opine that a person must learn to ‘let go’ after a failed marriage. Many times, there’s absolutely no point in flogging a dead horse. In case of troubled marriages with a painful history of fights, arguments and irreconcilable differences, it’s just a false sense of optimism that fuels such ivory-towered thinking. In such a scenario, getting back together would be nothing short of cataclysmic.
May be it’s time to shift focus, and concentrate on more fulfilling aspects of your life – career, kids and a world of opportunities that lie unexplored. Good luck with your new life.
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