• Exes should never, never go out with or marry other people but should remain celibate to the end of their days in order to provide you with a mental fallback position.

    Helen Fielding: Exes should never, never go out with or marry other people but should remain celibate to the end of their days in order to provide you with a mental fallback position.
    Bridget Jones's Diary "August" (1996)