Sep 26, 2006

hooking up with the ex...

is it a win-win situation or a colossal mistake? let us weigh some pros and cons...

pro: you know how it will be. it will be good. been there, done that, really liked it.

con: it may stir up annoying fond memories.

pro: you will take out on each other any remaining frustration, resentment, and sexual tension that is left over from the relationship and the break-up. this always makes the hook up so much hotter.

con: "awkward" is a vast understatement to describe the situation once the deed is done.

pro: you can leave right after and not feel a bit guilty going home to your own comfy bed.

con: he may get re-attached. (yeah, right, but i had to list it as a real possibility)

pro: won't add to your numbers.

con: you may get re-attached.

pro: at least you can get some action while you're looking for someone who is actually datable.

con: if he finds a datable person first and is the one to end the hook-up, you might feel rejected all over again.

pro: it's just sex - you can take control and make the rules. guys are much more apt to cooperate when it's just a booty call, not a relationship where you have emotional expectations, right?

con: your friends will yell at you for it and worry that you're going to get hurt again.

pro: it's convenient and fun. and, for the love of god, will end that miserable dry spell.

so, the question is - if you know this ex is not someone you would ever, ever date again, but the chemistry is definitely still there, is it acceptable to use him for a hook-up? is it that easy? or is it better to leave well enough alone?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

no, no & yes

especially if you are talking about jon.

andrea said...

this is purely hypothetical! ;)

Anonymous said...

me thinks.... not a good idea. I mean - if it were, say a donut, that you never really attached yourself to in the first place - then i say go for it. but there is previous attachment, then re-attachment, then re-re-attachment... so in order for you to stay re-re-re free - i vote that this would indeed be a bad idea.... soley b/c of that one little con, "you could find yourself re-attached"

DO NOT GO THERE! or, hypothetically speaking.... DO NOT GO THERE!

love you loads!

adam said...

i say "fuck him!"

now, you take that any way you would like!

:)

amanda said...

me moving in with you is now contingent on whether or not you hook-up with the hypothetical you-know-who.

choose wisely.

andrea said...

wow. you kids really don't want me to get any readily available ass, do you?

fine. but, this means i'm going to be cranky and irritable. oh wait, i'm already like that most of the time...

Casifrass said...

Um....Hypothetical, my ASS!

Anonymous said...

pu-lease! gurl, you know i want you to get some ass!

but i want you to get some mutually respectful regular ass. easier said than done, i know... but let's leave the hookups to the most dire of situations... like one year dry spells... or something like that, ya know?

Anonymous said...

ok...what about if two exes are still hooking up almost two years after they actually broke up?

oy vey.