• verb /ribownd/ 1 bounce back after hitting a hard surface. 2 recover in value, amount, or strength. 3 (rebound on/upon) have an unexpected adverse consequence for.
• noun /reebownd/ 1 a ball or shot that rebounds. 2 an instance of recovering in value, amount, or strength.

PHRASES - on the rebound while still distressed after the ending of a romantic relationship

mY vErSiOn ::

having a rebound :: in the process of liking another person while still holding on to the past relationship; but still thinking and liking (or loving in this case) previous bf/gf.

on a rebound :: making use of another person to get over what is left from the past relationship; and to forget the exsistance of previous bf/gf.

rebounding :: liking another person who is not your previous bf/gf.

rebound-ed :: gotten over the "another person" tt was used to forget previous bf/gf.

YESH, im getting crappy again...

ANYWAYZ.. *serious* in proper words :: rebound equals to (=) making use of someone else to get over the ending of a romantic relationship. QUESTIONS... (a) is it the relationship or the person that one cant get over with?? (b) how does one truelly know that s/he has NOT gotten over the relationship??? (b.i) how does one define "gotten over the past r/s"?? any checklist to compare to?? (c) can a rebound be controlled?? (c.i) can it be prevented??? (c.ii) can it be avoided?? (d) can a rebound then turn to a true r/s overtime?? (d.i) any chances that real feelings are involved but not known?? (e) jus anyone will do?? tom, dick or harry??

many a time, when we got out of one relationship, we tend to (1st) cry, dun eat, self pity, hate ourself, ask ourselves so many questions, WHY WHY WHY??, upset, angui, frustrated, fed up... then, we... (2nd) tell ourselves to get on with life but yet feel sad, dunno wat to do, lost direction.... then, we... (3rd) get our arse up and look towards another direction... but sometime still look back at WHY.... then... (4th) get on with life and put the past behind..... in the mist of these four steps (which i came up myself). some of us take a straight path to the final step.. and the victory is won... some of us cant even get past the 1st stage.... some got on to beginning of stage 3... then fall back to stage 2.... take a closer look at stage 3, changing of direction... at the beginning of this stage, we are at our most vulnerable state to go into a wrong direction. example, grabbing any tom, dick or harry on the street and get into another relationship. that, is a rebound. well.. some might change direction as early as stage one.. this, i name "anyhow run". not knowing whether its up, down, left, right, south-east/west, northeast/west, straight, zig-zag, curvey, roundy.... JUS.. ANYHOW RUN... to watever is available and grabbable. NOT RIGHT!! unhealthy, unfair, unnice, evil, horrible, terrible..... when we are caught in a suitation like this, this is where rebound secretly creeps in and snuggle up with us in bed at night.......

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