putting my big girl panties on

[newmama]

HI Flowmom! I read your post on my thread before I checked your thread.

Well, I heard something on the radio several weeks ago--they were talking about rebound relationships... "turns out that rebound relationships are not more likely to fail as previously thought. Each person has their own grieving period. If the people have healed and accepted the end of the previous relationship, they can successfully move into another one."

Doesn't this make sense? Honestly---I know some people on the forum have been alone for over 2 years and still haven't started dating. Others picked it up rather quickly. But the point that sticks with me is the GRIEVING period. We don't all mourn the deaths of loved ones in the same way, so why would it be expected that we would for the death of a marriage?

Rebound or not, you sound happy, calm, and rational as usual!
I am happy for you and why not approach each relationship with optimism, and live in the short term rather than be bracing for the end?

Heck at least you two are on the same page!