In a new study, 44% of people said they’ve gotten back together with someone after a break-up. And more than HALF of those people said having sex again was a part of reconciling.

In other words, if you bump into your ex, one thing leads to another and you go have relations, there’s a good chance that’s going to mean you get back together.

The researchers didn’t determine how many of those reconciled relationships actually worked out. But . . . um . . . we’d suspect it’s not many.

For what it’s worth, this study looked at relationships featuring younger couples, most of whom weren’t married when they broke up.

48% of people remained friends with their ex on Facebook, which obviously makes it a lot easier to ‘stalk’ someone.

70% used a mutual friend’s profile . . . or LOGGED ON as that friend . . . just to see what was new with their ex.

74% checked out the profile of someone their ex was dating . . . or that they THOUGHT their ex MIGHT be dating.

And just in case their ex was stalking THEM, 31% of us have posted photos that we thought would make our ex jealous . . . and 52% of people HAVE gotten jealous over a photo on their ex’s profile.

And finally, 33% of people have posted song lyrics or a quote that referred to their ex as their Facebook status.