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Sex with the STBX
First, know that you're normal. Divorce is just a really cruddy time. You're going to feel alone and abandoned, even if you're the leaver, and you're likely to reach out in desperation to anyone who can provide comfort, including the person who shared your bed before. I don't know where this came from, but I heard an estimate once that about 60% of divorcing couples have sex together between the time they separate and the time they divorce. Please don't ask me how they found this out, because I genuinely don't want to know. If you're contemplating going to bed with your STBX, let me point out the obvious: it's a bad idea. In some courts, judges might determine that, by having sex, you and your STBX have reconciled, which means they might dismiss your divorce case. Beyond that, and even if there's not a legal problem, having sex with each other slows down your grieving and that of your spouse, raises false hopes about saving the marriage, and may even help you catch something. As your mama used to say, "You don't know where he's (she's) been." Alice probably said it best. She confessed that she and the STBX were having sex, and then she asked, "How could I be intimate with a self-centered person who doesn't treat me with respect, caring, and genuine concern?" How indeed. If you have a choice, don't. If you already have, stop. But don't beat yourself up about it. Just cool it. |
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