REBOUND AND LOVE

"Suppose you're in a car wreck. You need another car, but instead of taking the next month researching makes, models, and prices, you rush out to the used car lot and pick out the first car you see. That's a
rebound.

But it turns out to be a damn fine car anyway which serves your journey the best. That's a true love."

REBOUND
You are in deep shit. Broke up tragically few months ago and nothing in life seems to make any sense to you anymore. When a person appears and shows a little bit concern, you turn to him/her and a relationship evolves. He/ She shows care and talks things through. He/ She would not put the blame on you but keeps asking about how stupid you ex was.

LOVE
You are in deep shit. Broke up tragically few months ago and nothing in life seems to make sense to you anymore. When a person appears and shows a little bit concern, you turn to him/her and a friendship evolves. He/ She listens to every single thing you wanna get out of your chest without complaining. He/ She would just listen.

REBOUND
When the relationship evolves, you keep asking yourself whether or not it’s a rebound. But you keep telling yourself that it is for real.

LOVE
When the friendship evolves, you keep asking yourself whether or not it’s a rebound. It could be, but you decided to go for it anyway. After all, you enjoy his/ her company.

REBOUND
You decided to go on a date with him/ her. You dress yourself up to impress him/ her.

LOVE
You decided to go on a date with him/ her. You are nervous as hell but you try to be yourself.

REBOUND
When you talk about your ex, he/ she would listen, but at the end, he/ she will make face and said “Can you stop talking about her/ him?”

LOVE
When you talk about your ex, he/ she would listen, but at the end, you will feel guilty talking too much about your ex with him/ her and you would say “Sorry, I shouldn’t talk about that,” and he/ she would say “It’s ok. I dun mind.”

REBOUND
You would travel miles away to see him/her. He/ She is fun to be with. You feel that it is worth every journey to see him /her. You wanna see him/ her again soon.

LOVE
You would travel miles away to see him/her. He / She is fun to be with. You feel that it is worth every journey to see him/ her. And when you get home, the only thing you keep thinking is him/her. That short time but long journeys don’t feel enough to see him/her.

REBOUND
You start to imagine your future with him/ her. You start to plan for birthdays and parties and holidays together. You want to make things work, so maybe you should rush things a bit.

LOVE
You start to imagine your future with him/ her. You start to plan things in short future like next week, or tomorrow. But you take things slowly because you want him/her to get to know you deeper before you jump into anything. You don’t want him/her to feel that he/she is being shadowed by your past.

REBOUND
When he/she wants you to meet the parents, you freak out a bit. But you go ahead. Maybe it’s time to tell the parents about how serious you are with the son/ daughter.

LOVE
When he/she wants you to meet the parents, you calmly and politely say that you are not ready just yet. You will meet them when you are ready, and when the time is appropriate.

REBOUND
You feel like you know him/her very well already. You want to spend time watching movies and shopping together.

LOVE
You feel like you still do not know him/her well. You always want to know more about him/her. You want to spend time getting to know each other deeper.

REBOUND
You start comparing him/her with your past. But he/she is much better than your ex. There is nothing wrong with him/her and you like him/her just fine.

LOVE
You start comparing him/her with your past. There might be some things that you are sure or not comfortable with. But you want to learn and understand more. At the end, you realize that there is nothing to compare because he/she is unique in his/her own way.

The thing is, there’s nothing wrong about rebound. You can’t really decide whether it is real love or true love unless you go ahead and be in the relationship. In most cases, rebound might hurt you more. But in others, rebound works just fine, or in some cases, better.