rebound relationships
Post-breakup flings
A rebound relationship is one entered shortly after the end of a significant relationship, often before emotional recovery is complete.
The term suggests the new partner serves as a distraction or salve rather than a genuine romantic choice: She jumped into a rebound relationship two weeks after her divorce.
Rebounds are stereotypically short-lived, though some prove lasting.
Forceful toss, or tryst
- casualRelaxed and informal
- short-livedLasting only briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- briefShort in duration
passing · transient · noncommittal · superficial · stopgap · placeholder · disposable · expendable
Open to attack
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- needyWanting in essentials
- lonelyWanting companionship
heartbroken · clingy · desperate · wounded · raw · yearning · searching · healing
Violently rotating air column
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
impetuous · rash · hasty · headlong · rushed · impulsive · unplanned · spur-of-the-moment
fling
Forceful toss, or tryst
- casualRelaxed and informal
- short-livedLasting only briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
brief · passing · transient · noncommittal · superficial · stopgap · placeholder · disposable · expendable · interim
vulnerable
Open to attack
lonely · heartbroken · clingy · desperate · wounded · raw · yearning · searching · healing · grieving
whirlwind
Violently rotating air column
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
infatuation · impetuous · rash · hasty · headlong · rushed · impulsive · unplanned · spur-of-the-moment · reckless