.....OR considering taking someone back......
I feel the need to rant. Listen here broken hearted ones:
If you got out of a relationship for any of the following reasons:
1. You cheated or were cheated on
2. There was verbal/emotional/physical abuse of any kind
3. You broke up with them specifically to date someone else or vice versa
.....then you don't belong together. Move on. Stop whining about it and pining over that person. Because if any of those situations apply to you, either you or them have issues that need to be worked on before entering another relationship, and you CERTAINLY do not belong together. Love doesn't overcome all, and in these situations it certainly shouldn't.
If anyone can think of any other things to add to the list, please feel free.
It just gets pathetic listening to people again and again crying 'How Do I Get Him/Her Back?' when it's RIDICULOUSLY OBVIOUS to even the simple-minded that the relationship wasn't healthy in the first place.
You can't 'fix' other people (see 'Shining Knight Syndrome' thread). You can't convince someone to love you when you've been a douchebag (and they deserve better than you, anyways).
Please think about your situation before you considered posting a thread about your circumstance. If any of the following applies, you're wasting everyone's time and duly deserve royal flamage.