Yes and no. Don't you love dichotomous answers? Don't you ALSO love that I used the word dichotomous ALREADY in this post (gosh I hope I used that right because I'm SO not looking it up)?

Yay for college.

Anyway, the yes side is the standard human nature tendency to hope that you didn't leave something hoping for something better only to be disappointed and realize that you could have just stayed put and been as happy. Now, that's more of an emotional reaction and one I'm sure is common place to men, women, bears, cats, love birds, Whoopi Goldbergs, and Oxy-Clean.

Emotionally, though, there is also a "no" answer regarding comparison. Usually, the only reason you compare is when you aren't happy. Assuming that at least fifty-one percent of us are happy in our relationships means that the comparison's don't generally exist or last long. Hell, we all remember that there's a reason our exes are our exes. Once again, even in bed, the only time a comparison arises is when we're not being fulfilled sexually. So ante up women, chandelier monkey sex...table for two.

Plus, some comparisons may work out in your favor. "Wow, she does things NO OTHER CHICK would dare to do!"

I'd wager that most men probably don't compare current girlfriends to exes. Most men are fairly superficially shallow anyway, so we'll probably only date women we're physically attracted to anyway. Of course, you do get your dudes who'll be like, "I'd prefer bigger boobs. Sherry had big boobs, I really enjoyed them." But why would you stay with a guy who'll knock you down and raise up his ex at the same time anyway? That, as they say in Mother Kazakhstan, is all bad.

We'd also say that here in America too. Bottom line is that comparison's do exist; women do it, men do it, children do it when they're comparing how many marshmallows each has in their hot chocolate. But most comparison's only arise when there is a feeling of being slighted or something's just not going right.

Unless he just sucks in general in which case, it's your fault for dating a douche.

It was written.