Even if you're happily married and certain you made the right choice to leave a former love, you still might be curious as to what has happened to your ex. It's human nature to wonder about these things. Maybe, you like to believe that your exes are still pining for you and unable to find happiness after ditching you. Or you would like to think he or she moved on and found as much happiness as you have. Whatever your motivation, you have many ways to check on exes these days. There's Facebook and Twitter, e-mail and video calls.

There's nothing wrong with quenching your curiosity by using one of these outlets to find out about a past love. But some married people cross the line. They start up a relationship with the ex again and risk entering into either an emotional affair or even a physical one. One way to prevent this kind of risky behavior is to consider what is driving your curiosity. If your curiosity is motivated by the feeling that you want to know what happened to the "one who got away," then you should avoid this person and work on your own marriage. If your curiosity is simply based on a desire to know what has happened to the person, then you should be safe. But you must be very honest with yourself. You don't want to cheat on your spouse, because coming back from an affair is sometimes impossible. And you will have lost your marriage. Why are you cyberstalking your ex? Why do you really want to know about this person's life now? Do you think married people should even find out about exes?

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Wedding Album Wednesday - Cool Kiss

This bride and groom renewed their vows at the 20th annual Marry Me & Ski Free Mountaintop Matrimony in Loveland, Col. © Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images

Every once in a while, I feel a sense of nostalgia for our engagement and wedding. Planning the wedding was great fun for me until the last few weeks, when it got to be super stressful. Of course, when nostalgia strikes, I am not remembering the pressure of the last few weeks. I'm remembering the pleasure of the year before our wedding. Choosing all the details that would make our wedding special gave me an excuse to focus on my husband and me and our relationship more than any other time in our lives. Plus, during that engagement phase and shortly after the wedding, your vows are fresh as newly fallen snow.

The couple above made a smart move. This bride and groom renewed their vows in an annual event. It's a great way to renew your relationship, remind yourself of the promises you made to one another, focus on each other all over again, and quench the thirst brought on by that nostalgia. A winter wedding (or vow renewal) - when the trees are bare and the ground is frozen - is all the more special because it harkens to the new life and heat that is still to come. The love displayed at a winter wedding is like a flower growing amid the snow.

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As an Italian American who pays attention to both Italian and American news, I have been inundated with stories regarding the cruise ship tragedy in Italy. As someone who has gone on a few cruises - two of them in the last few years - I started to feel a bit anxious about going on one again. I know the chances of having a Titanic-like accident, similar to the one in Italy, are few and far between, especially this day and age. But I still see the sad stories of the people who passed away and those who are still missing, and I can't help but worry about going on another cruise, at least for the moment. I'm sure with time, logic will win out over these fears, especially when the stories of the tragedy are not on the news every single night. But this story got me wondering how others are reacting. Many newlyweds take cruises for their honeymoon or as a romantic getaway. There's something special about spending time traveling on water with food and live entertainment as a diversion. Island hopping and taking in sites on the coast are also enjoyable. So, what's going to happen now? Are fewer people going to take cruises? How do you feel about it? Take our poll and leave your comments.

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Who will be the Republican presidential candidate is a question on the minds of all of America, especially now that primary season is well underway. There's been lots of talk about Newt Gingrich's ex-wife who suggested on ABC that Gingrich asked her to be in an open marriage, where both spouses can have multiple sex partners and relationships outside the marriage with each other's consent. This has become an issue because conservative Republicans - especially those in the party who are known for their very strong religious beliefs find this suggested behavior appalling and unbecoming a president.

Regardless, the issue raises the question about whether one's marriage should even be an issue. Gingrich himself tore into CNN during its televised debate for making this issue a question to open the show. So, what do you think? Should Gingrich's marriage and what his ex-wife says matter? Should it factor into his campaign? Why or why not?

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