#7 Don’t get the rebound. I know some people believe that the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. If you are freshly single, you’re also fragile, sensitive, and probably not thinking as clearly as you should be.
If you hook up with The Rebound, this is what will happen: You’ll think about your ex when you kiss, you’ll cry in silence while The Rebound is touching you because it reminds you of something cute your ex used to do, you’ll be nervous because the only person you’ve been remotely half naked with is your ex, and you’ll feel like violated or something because The Rebound isn’t your ex. What’s worse is you might suddenly blurt out an “I love you” in an attempt to feel loved.
Whatever happens with The Rebound, the ball won’t bounce back in your court. The feelings you think you might have aren’t feelings, and aren’t even about The Rebound. Nope, they are triggers of all the memories of your ex that you are misinterpreting as feelings. And the worst part of all this is that The Rebound might pick up on your hang-ups about your ex and eventually leave you, making you feel more alone than you were before this whole rebound fiasco started!
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