Men who have had a rebound relationship, what did it feel like for you, and did it make you miss your ex more?

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1. Tried a couple of rebound flings. Didn’t work out very well and made me feel worse. Especially because I felt like I was cheating because the breakup was recent. Can’t even call it revenge sex because it just didn’t work out so well.

   And I’m pretty sure she had cheated on me.

2. Had a rebound relationship 3 weeks after me and the ex split. Fucked the girl on my ex’s birthday. Didn’t make me feel worse made me realize all the bullshit I was putting up with with my previous partner was unquestionably terrible. Sex was better, girl was nicer, shit the girl made me dinner and we just fucked around for 3 months… ex of two years ain’t never did that. It made me realize I shouldn’t settle for trash.

   But…. I’ve heard they normally make it worse lol, in my case it did not

3. It was miserable, one of the worst mistakes of my life. Ended up hurting her feelings pretty bad while I still missed my ex and felt like shit for what I had done.

4. After getting out of a complicated year long relationship with a girl my age who had a toddler, I had about a 6 week rebound with a girl 9 years younger. We had a lot of fun, both socially and physically.

   We realized pretty quick it wasn’t going to work long term (she was rebounding too) but it actually helped us both realize that there were going to be others out there, we could both feel love again (we had been friends before so had some love, if not romantic) and it really helped us move on.

   It helped me get over the feeling of “I’ll never find another like you!” that often comes with losing a partner.

5. It worked out fine, my ex had pretty much checked out of our relationship already and it was one of her friends that introduced me to my rebound girlfriend. Me and the new girl dated all summer and then both went back to different colleges. We even went on a couple dates when we came home for the holidays but mostly drifted apart by the following summer. Worked out good for me and I didn’t miss my ex one bit.