XP Poll: Did you marry your rebound?

EmmaRain · January 2009

Fun poll stolen from 0-6...

Did you marry your rebound?

I did, but I never thought about it that way. My best friend and I secretly dated for a while back in college and didn't tell anyone. He said we should "take a break" (like Ross & Rachel I guess haha!). DH asked me out 2 days later. I agreed to go on the date with Dh because I was so depressed about the whole taking a break thing.

I don't think Dh would've asked me out if he had known at the time that I was on the rebound. We've been together ever since!

What about you?

rouge411 · January 2009

Yup! I was actually still dating my (@sshole) ex-bf of 4.5 years when I met DH. I didn't tell him till later on that I had a bf when I met him. 6 years later, we're still happy!

Somethingclever25 · January 2009

well i have never thought of it like that but yeah I guess I did. I was engaged before to a guy i had dated 4 years and he was cheating on me during engagement. we broke up and i met DH like a month or so after and we were married 17 months later.

Oh but he is the perfect rebound!!!!

RovingLanypoo · January 2009

I married some random Brit I met in a pub. He wouldn't leave me alone and eventually, his little accent worked it's magic.

eminbmore · January 2009

Yup. I was with my high school/college boyfriend for 5 years - spent one awful spring/summer breaking up, and then started dating DH 3 weeks later. It was probably a bad idea to rush into that relationship, but I knew DH wasn't someone I couldn't let go

Luckily he was very patient with me. I have the best guy... awwwww.

BabyMamaErin · January 2009

I guess I did. it was a pretty pathetic relationship I had before him... so I don't even know if I should classify it as that.

Roosky · January 2009

yes....we were a rebound for eachother....Our moms were friends (we had never met) and when we both conviently broke up with our boyfriend/girlfriend they decided to play matchmaker. They set us up on a blind date..and that's where it started.

amwest · January 2009

Nope. I dated a few guys in between DH and my last long relationship.

jll1881 · January 2009

I've never really thought of DH as a rebound, but I guess he sort of was in a way. Before I met DH, I had been dating a guy for about a month. We had dated about six months prior for several months - not sure why we ended up starting to date again. When we stopped dating, I met DH about a week or so later.

Marle · January 2009

rouge411:

Yup! I was actually still dating my (@sshole) ex-bf of 4.5 years when I met DH. I didn't tell him till later on that I had a bf when I met him. 6 years later, we're still happy!

Very similar here except I had been dating my ex for almost 9 years and DH (hookup back then) knew I had a BF from the beginning.

rease. · January 2009

I dated someone before exhubs and he was a good guy. I was upset when he left but had a few flings between exhubs and the good guy.

HELL NO, I didnt marry my rebound (em's father) THANK GOD!!! I met him about a month and a half after exhubs and I split. I thought I was over exhubs but you dont just get over a 10 year marriage in a month and a half, lol.

Thank god it has all worked out this way though, huh?

sept04brideinMD · January 2009

Yep - but I also never thought of it that way. Ex and I were also "on a break" and I met DH. I knew from the moment I saw/met him I wanted to marry him! We started dating then and I never looked back. Couldn't imagine my life any other way Smile

psuash7 · January 2009

Nope, I actually was relationship-less for over a year (while friends with DH). Casually dated a guy for a few months, it didn't work out. Was in my BF"S wedding to DH's BFF and we started dating after that. We were casual friends for 2 years before we started dating adn dating other people etc. and then jsut decided that we kinda liked each other and started dating. I know, boooring huh? No juicy deviousness here!

nurseamy · January 2009

kinda did. my sophomore year of college i was fooling around with this younger guy i grew up with. he was a jerk but was begging for me to hook up with him again in the summer. spring break, a couple weeks before meeting dh, i fooled around with him again. Then i met DH, and he told me to ditch that loser for him. So when i came home for the summer, I told the guy it was over cuz I had met someone else.

FabulousMommy-2-B · January 2009

Like everyone else, I have never thought of it that way. But yes, DH swept me off my feet and away from my boyfriend of 4.5 years. It was very hard for me to take the leap, but it was the best thing I ever did.

Vangiejo · January 2009

I guess my DH was a rebound, I was with this guy off and on for about a year, finally broke up for good in October. I was still kind of missing my ex, but I started dating DH in January, after our first date I knew he was the one. We got engaged in April and married in June. Breaking up with my ex was the best decision of my life.

newbaby on the way · January 2009

nope... i went out with DH in highschool... for about 5 months then he broke up with me... i started talking to other people and so did he but we still thought about each other all the time then half a year later we started talking again and he eventually asked me out and we became boyfriend and girlfriend.. and we've been together ever since... yes he's my high school sweetheart... i love him

adge76 · January 2009

I sure did! I was married when I met (current) DH. Had just separated from ex and moved into an apartment. 2 days later current DH was knocking on my door and he never left. The best thing that's ever happened to me!!

2bejunebride06 · January 2009

Yeah I did, but I have never really thought about it that way! I had dated this guy on and off for several years and just when we decided to take a break DH and I got together. Funny, I was all upset about the break from the on again, off again boyfriend, but I'm so glad that it happened that way!

Beans78 · January 2009

I was my DH's rebound. He had been off and on with his ex for over a year. He and I were really good friends. They broke up and about a month later things got weird between us... it started to feel like we were more than friends. We never put a name on it but moved in together a year later. We've been together 6 years nows and are still happy as clams!

MissLMS · January 2009

Ha.. never thought about it this way but I guess I did. I had a fling with a guy that I only dated a few months. Then he dropped off the face of the earth and stopped calling.

My roommate at the time convinced me to sign up on match.com with her shortly afterward. I did... and DH is the only person I ever talked to on there. I never thought in a million years I would marry someone I met online! But, that was almost 4 years ago.

emilyyvonne01 · January 2009

yep i guess so, i had broken up with my ex a little more than a month prior to meeting my husband, but we didnt get married untill 5 years later

PatsGirl81 · January 2009

I guess you could kind of say that. Was with prior BF for 5.5 yrs when I met DH. It was a break up that was a long time coming but never did it until I started talking to DH. He actually had a GF at the time too. He finally broke it off with her then we officially got together.

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