To think a rebound could work

[paddingtonboots]

I've met a lovely man, he's 50 and I'm 48 he is 3 months out of a 25 year marriage though with children.
He's taken me to meet his friends and I've been told he hasn't stopped smiling since we met and I'm all he talks about.
I've been single for a while through choice, focusing on career and travelling but now I'm at an age where I'd like to settle down and I've met a wonderful man, don't get me wrong it's only been a few weeks but we chat every day and meet up every few days and have a few shared friends.
AIBU to think this could be real so soon after his breakup?
I don't want to get carried away and end up hurt but he seems to really like me.

Typically just because the marriage ended 3 months ago, in reality it was probably emotionally checked out of by both parties longer before.

Your right to have those thoughts, but don't let be what holds you back if that's the only issue you see.

What Graysonsgrowler said, with knobs on.

I vote not too soon, men do this. Sometimes they do it even before the previous relationship has ended!

I think OP the minute his wife decides she wants him back you won’t see him for dust!

Yeah, me and dh have been together for 15 years and got together 3 months after coming out of 10ish year relationships. They were both over for a long time.

Be watchful that he isn't looking for a replacement housekeeper/comfortable life

Yeah or somewhere to live.

As the saying goes, "No-one falls in love faster than a man with no home".

Cynical I know, but 6 weeks after his wife makes it clear she wants a divorce, he's dating again.

And that's even if the OP is the first woman he's dated since the split?

I finished things with my ex- a month later he had a new girlfriend, their still together now. I get messages from him every month or so asking if we can get back together. Feel desperately sorry for the poor cow.

I got together with my DP three days after having my heart broken by someone else. More than 20 years later, we're still together. So I wouldn't stress about the rebound thing at all.