Do rebound relationships ever work?

No one can say for sure. The results for a rebound relationship varies. It is affected by the 2 specific individuals, their personalities, environment and so on.

Never say never, although in my experience of rebound relationships personally, they've not ended well. If it's a rebound relationship then you're possibly trying to fill that gap that your previous partner and yourself had together with another individual. A rebound relationship could work but it's different case by case. Just be aware of going into one, that there's a high chance that it might not end well, then there's the factors of the bond you have with the person too. Just repair yourself and mend your wounds from the previous relationship before you strut off into another one, it'll hurt you more otherwise.

To answer this you have to establish what ‘works’ means to you. If you are using that relationship to fill a hole and makes you feel better in the short term then sure. You may also meet someone’s on the rebound that is perfect for your personality. Never rule anything out until you have exhausted that opertunity.

I have seen them fail more often than work. The ones that have worked out for people I think was nothing short of lucky.

A rebound relationship will rarely work out. You're getting in a relationship in spite of hurting another or getting over someone else- you heart will always been invested in that person and you'll always like that person.

Hardly ever, but YES! As long as two persons are open about it, their chemistry matches - they can come together as a rebound (for one or both) and make it work after the "old feelings" are gone. Think of it as emotional bagage that you shed "together" with someone - it is a strange way to connect, but love comes back when you least expect it ;)

It depends on what your looking for. But if your a emotional person i would have to say no. Because then you are only becoming attached to another person. It is best to take time off and detach yourself from the other person!

Rebound relationships can go two ways - the first is that it doesn't work out as you're only using the person to get over someone and there isn't any genuine feelings for the other person. This will end rather quickly when you get over the person in question. The second way it could go is that you end up falling for this person in the rebound relationship. As love is a choice, technically, you can make any relationship work as you can choose to love the person. So yes, rebound relationships can work if the both of you want it to work.

A relationship will never work if we depend on it to get over emotional trauma. Healing from a relationship is a process in itself, and to add another process of starting a healthy relationship can only make us more confused. Healing from a relationship can take time and hard work. Starting a new relationship doesn’t add anything to the healing process, that process involves self love and grief processing. A new relationship is best approached when we are steady in the love we have for ourselves so we don’t find ourselves relying on others to give us that love that truly lies inside ourselves.

It sounds like you're faced with the prospect of a rebound relationship and are looking for information to either justify the relationship or justify a non-relationship. Really you should be considering your own, subjective experience that we know nothing about. For example. oftentimes in rebound relationships couples will make all sorts of promises to change and do better and fix the problems that plagued the last attempt. It is up to you to decide if you really believe that people should change for relationships, that such change is even possible, and that you are willing to take another person's word that they will do that. Change on that scale requires 150% effort from both parties. If there is any question of doubt, best to reconsider. Also ask yourself if you have already decided on what you want to do. Oftentimes people in your situation will exhibit cognitive bias, which causes you to agree with answers that support your intended outcome and discount answers that do not agree with you. If you have come here looking for justification that you should continue dating this person, you won't find it. It is unlikely that you are truly neutral on this question; it's likely that you've already chosen a side. The problem with that is it is harder to convince you of an answer that is not compatible with your own. Another point is our propensity to forgive and forget, as cliche as that sounds. Time heals all wounds. It makes errors seem less serious, less egregious, and we often forget the specifics. Ask yourself if there's any possibility of that happening. That will certainly affect your judgement; if you do not truly remember every detail of why the relationship failed in the first place, you will not remember until you have engaged in the relationship again. Our simple desire to not be lonely seemingly defies logic in a disturbing amount of situations. What would be the consequence of engaging in the same relationship? You might stave off loneliness. You have someone to share your life with. You might lengthen your own sadness and in a few months be in the same exact situation when you could have moved on. Relationships are ultimately emotional things, yet we must use reason every now and then when we choose to engage with them.