A famous poet once said, "it is better to have loved than to never have loved before." This is definitely true and it speaks to the issue of people accepting a break up and realizing that it is better to have experienced love even through its hardships than to never have experienced love at all.

I believe that and I embrace that, however when I read it I get this feeling that the quote is supposed to be pronounced with Shakespearean sadness and a tone of utter grief as if the person speaking the quote has given up on love.

I think that is truly a travesty. You can get back with your ex and in this article, I will share with you some advice that has worked for me and countless amounts of others.

Start over: Can you imagine how great life would be if we could somehow just have a second chance with everything? Imagine if you could go back in time and work a little bit harder in high school so that you could get accepted into the ivy league school instead of the local community college. Wouldn’t your life be better?

Unfortunately that’s impossible until time machines are made. However, you can start over in your relationship. Remember those corny chick-flicks from the 80’s and 90’s where two people in a relationship break up and then in the end, they agree to start over and the guy cracks a joke pretending like he’s never met the girl. She follows along with it and they literally pretend like they’re starting over.

You can do that. You don’t have to be as corny, however it might be a benefit. Comic relief solves almost any situation and it certainly makes people feel better. It’s a great ice breaker.

In all seriousness, if you want to get back with your ex make an attempt to completely start over and wipe the slate clean. It’s all methophorical, but it can really work if you both commit to leaving the past in the past.

Be best friends: My girlfriend and I are best friends. We didn’t start out that way although we should have. We started our relationship like most people. We were physically attracted to each other and we hit it off and immediately began dating.

This is ok and it’s certainly normal. We’ve had problems like everyone else, but the glue that has held us together is our friendship. We really love being around each other and spending time together. Nothing could break us apart because we have such a strong friendship. Our friendship comes before our relationship. If you want to do this to save your relationship, you need to commit to less romance and more fun. Instead of the traditional dinner and a movie date, how about doing something like bowling with you, your significant other and a group of friends. Group dates are also really good for couples getting back together. It allows you to still have fun with one another, but it also allows you to take a load off of the relationship troubles.

I hope this has given you some hope. You can get back with your ex. You just have to be proactive and make some changes. I wrote a blog about this and you really need to check it out. I put the link to the post below.