Do rebound relationships ever work?

Absolutely! People love to demonize rebound relationships, but there are instances where they can be beneficial. In a relationship, we get all/most of our romantic and physical needs met. To go from being surrounded by love every day, to having none, can be a bit of a system shock. It's normal to want to embrace someone, and its completely possible to develop an emotional connection! I left a terrible relationship, and "rebounded" to someone who respected me and my decisions. This helped me get closure on my previous relationship and also showed me what a relationship SHOULD be like. Don't let people bring down your happy relationship. If you are emotionally healthy and have moved on, there's a high possibility that it can work!

I strongly believe that rebound relationships don't work. Using someone to get over another person is not the best idea. You end up hurting yourself and others more than actually healing. Making someone think that you are genuinely into them can cause some serious emotional pain to the person being used as the rebound if they were to ever find out of the real situation and plans intended. In the long run you also end up making it harder to let yourself emotionally recover from the heartache. It's always best to give yourself some time before getting into a new relationship.

I think that depends on your definition of "working". Rebound relationships can be important; sometimes the only way to bring yourself out of a hole that an especially messy breakup put you in is to get yourself some company. And I don't think there's anything bad about that, especially if all parties are on the same page. Whether rebound relationships are the type that can turn into life-long partnerships is a different story. It's certainly possible, but probably more rare. Rebound relationships come at a time in someone's life when they're healing, and those relationships can aid that healing process, but they're also easy to outgrow. It's all about how you look at it :)

Any relationship can work, so long as both participants are in a position to give to the relationship and eachother. If one side is totally self-focused (and if they are still in pain from the breakup that can be an issue) makes it difficult to have a good relationship.

I think rebound relationships work as long as you are honest with yourself and do not lead the other person on.

I have no idea. But relationships are hard anyway. Any relationship needs work to be put in. Lots of work. I am not sure about rebound, but they require even more work.

Sometimes they can! It really depends on you and the person it s with, and whether or not you both want it to work out.

Honestly yes. Rebound relationships can help you open up more to somebody because you are more hurt.

I think it's impossible to give an absolute answer to that question, but in general, I'd say no. The rebound relationship is often just a distraction from the relationship that the person has just come out of, and very little thought is put into it, particularly in regard to compatibility. Additionally, the person who's come out of the relationship is still working through the emotions of dealing with the breakup, and that has a major impact on the rebound relationship.

Depends on the duration of the previous. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I always suggest to wait awhile to date again after breaking off a relationship.