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Most Adults Still Have Feelings for Their “Ex”

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Based on a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults:

  • Forty-eight percent of men still have feelings for an ex-girlfriend or ex-wife.
  • Thirty-seven percent of women still have feelings for an ex-boyfriend or ex-husband.
  • Overall, two in five adults feel they let the "right one" get away.

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Malachi 2:15–16
John 21:1–25
Romans 6:23
1 Corinthians 6:13–18
Galatians 6:7–8
1 Thessalonians 4:1–8
Hebrews 13:4
2 Peter 2:19
Revelation 2:1–7

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