Most people have found themselves at one point or another getting back together with an ex, and a good number of those people have found that it easily slips into a pattern. We have a general notion of these on-again, off-again relationships as toxic, but there is increasing evidence that these “cycling” relationships, as they’re called, could actually be quite useful.
These relationships can highlight some need or uncertainty in yourself that you hadn’t before encountered, or they can be a completely different but equally valid attachment style. Of course, these relationships can easily turn sour, but it’s only fair to see both sides of the argument before we make any judgment. Click through to see how an on-and-off relationship might work for your benefit.