To think this way about 'rebound' relationships?

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Some many people criticise what they perceive as 'rebound relationships.' Where someone enters a new relationship quickly after the end of the old one. Yet in my case (Got together 7 months after a long marriage ended) and in the case of my friend, it has all worked out really well.
I think sometimes people forget what they deserve in a relationship and how it should feel. When a new relationship comes along it can highlight what was missing. DP said he felt so much anger about the ending of his marriage, until he met me and now, going into a 3rd year of us being together, he has realised that it no longer matters as the past is the past and we are now in the future. I helped heal him from that and he now has a happy and positive outlook on life. When I say heal I don't mean as a therapist but as a natural outcome from our relationship.

My friend is the same and we discussed this earlier. She came out of what she thought was a happy marriage and was devastated. Less then a year on, she met someone amazing and they have now been together for almost 10 years.
Anyone else had similar experiences or are we just lucky?

There are going to be many personal accounts and all different. It can't really be measured.

Your stories are subjective.

My friend's broke up after almost 20 years together and he immediately met a very glamorous woman...set up home with her within 6 months...he put 80 grand into a house together.

A year down the line and it's over. He's extremely hard work...very difficult man and she couldn't stop arguing back (something my poor friend never did) his new woman was much more forceful and strong...he must have been attracted to that after his meek wife but in the end, he couldn't stand not being the boss.

He walked away and left her with the house because she had two smallish kids and even though he's a bit of a wanker, he's not evil...he has good earning capabilities so knows he can get 80 grand together again.

Personally, I'm glad for her...she thought she could change him but couldn't...at least she's got a house!

Just celebrated 6 years with my rebound

Me and OH got together about a month after he left a 6+ year relationship and we've been together for 15+ years.

I was worried about being a rebound, but his relationship with his ex was in a bad state long before we met.

I remember once talking with a friend of a friend and she was telling about her great new boyfriend and mentioned he had previously been in a relationship and I asked if it could have been a rebound. She was adamant it wasn't. I heard a while later that the boyfriend had dumped her because he wasn't over his ex.