In every group of friends, there is a couple. A couple that quite obviously hate each other and are constantly fighting and shooting little passive-aggressive remarks at each other. This couple will break up, over the span of a year, no less than 38 times. When broken up, they will slander each other with the type of anger and passion usually reserved for Fox News shows and you hate them. And when together, they will make out all the time in front of everyone and ignore everyone else and you hate them. And yet The Terrible Couple just will not break up. So this new study seems pretty dang obvious:

You PROBABLY shouldn’t have sex with your ex.

According to the study, which surveyed 792 “emerging adults” aged 17 to 24, break up sex is about as common as cereal for breakfast – not surprising. What is pretty interesting is instead of being thought of as fun or exciting, sex with an ex was most often referred to as “difficult” and “negative.”

As the authors of the study put it, “those who stay in contact following a breakup continue to feel the pain of the breakup more intensely and may have more difficulty moving on.”

Furthermore, post-break up sex could lead to a very unsexy STD or unplanned pregnancy, as the study claims exes are less likely to use protection.

So – moral of the story? An ex is an ex for a reason. Instead of shamefully crawling back to someone you clearly didn’t work well with, sign onto OBC and find yourself a fun, exciting, new booty call… minus all the baggage!

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