I've come to find out that many, many people who know both of us didn't think we'd last. (In fact, my mother still asks if everything's all right with us almost every phone call...) Yup, the curse of the rebound relationship--we did fret a bit about that at first but we very soon set that aside. Apparently, people assumed that we'd last about 3 months & then because of the nature of the beast, we'd be done. Interesting because the framework of our relationship never resembled that old rebound stuff. And in fact, as I've researched it a bit, there really is no evidence that supposed rebound relationships don't work. Regardless, I think we've moved beyond the possibility anyway--major relationship events recently have proved this unequivocally.
From Princeton University: (On the Rebound: Time to Remarriage and Subsequent Union Stability) This paper has a single straightforward finding: there is no rebound effect. People quickly entering new relationships after an initial divorce, whether by remarriage or cohabitation followed by remarriage, do not have higher divorce rates. This finding persists after controlling for key demographic differences between respondents. The advice offered by many self-help books ("Don't get into a new relationship too quickly!") therefore has no basis in reality.
There are quite a few websites out there that refute the rebound relationship but overwhelmingly the opposite view takes precedent...I wonder why.
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