After a breakup you are vulnerable and sensitive. When someone new comes along who wants to spend time with you, it’s easy for them to fill the hole in your life. You might think it’s exactly what you need to move on and forget the hurt of your previous relationship. Although successful relationships can be formed on the rebound, the probability is not high. Rebound relationships are generally not a good idea.
1. YOU’RE NOT EMOTIONALLY AVAILABLE YET
This is one of the key reasons a rebound relationship is not a good idea. If you have just come out of a long and meaningful relationship, the likelihood is that you are going to be unbelievably fragile and hurt. This inner pain will make it impossible for you to be emotionally available in the sense that you could let another person in to your life so soon. You really need to give yourself some time to heal before you even think about getting back in the dating game.
2. IT’S NOT FAIR FOR THEM
A rebound relationship is not a particularly fair thing to do to the person who you will be dating. In their mind, this is just a healthy romance between the two of you; they do not know that you are essentially using them to try to get over your ex. Mixing up your past with your present is never a good thing to do in the #world of dating, so wait until you are fully over it before moving on.
3. IT WILL ONLY CAUSE MORE CONFUSION
If you still have feelings and unanswered questions with regards to your previous relationship, starting an entirely new relationship right away will only serve to add even more confusion and potential heartbreak to the mixture. Using a new partner to try to answer the questions that remain from your old #partner simply will not work. They are not the same person; they cannot help in that way.