578 - Getting Back Together with an Ex: Great Idea or Terrible Idea?

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Cold Open & Intro: Starting in the Negative

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The episode opens in medias res with Dedeker Winston voicing the core paradox of reconciliation: it's not a light-switch moment back to happiness but a relationship that begins already in debt, carrying the pain of whoever did the dumping. The hosts — Jace, Emily, and Dedeker — introduce themselves and the Multiamory Podcast's philosophy of looking forward rather than maintaining the status quo. Jace then frames the episode's scope: science, the psychological pull toward exes, and special considerations for non-monogamous listeners. The book plug and community link are delivered before the conversation proper begins, setting up a structurally rich episode that will weave personal anecdote with peer-reviewed research.