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On the rebound...
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Here's our latest Relationships article, about lovers on the rebound: http://www.thesite.org/relationships/lovelife/on_the_rebound.html
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Look into these tired eyes. See something you might recognise.
I thought when my love for you died, I should die too. It is dead but strangely, I live on.
and the other was a male friend i was convinced i fancied. well he was totally in love with a mutual friend (who was kinda in another relationship) and i just saw things that werent there. hes an affectionate person and i spent ages agonizing over whether he was touching my knee or holding my hand or something in a friendly way or in a sexual way. (turns out to be the former).
and the other... i realised my feelings for him and told him, which were met with ... i guess it took him aback a bit and he denied having feelings for me. but he kinda did. but just didnt want it to be rebound and thought we'd both get hurt at the end of it and that my feelings werent real. well hey, guess it turns out they were really doesnt it? (lol if you dont know im not gonna tell you!)
i think its just a need to be close to someone again after getting out of a relationship. sometimes you might discover/realise real feelings, but a lot of the time you're just trying to replace your ex. in my case i suppose i was trying to replace the physical side of my relationship with my ex with my male friend, and the emotional side elsewhere. confusing business, these relationships, arent they?
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