It is hard enough to go through a break up, it is even HARDER to see your ex with someone else. The pain you've been trying to suppress has opened anew with the intrusion of a new love; one that perhaps you fear will take your old love away from you forever. You want your ex back, you know the two of you are meant to be together, but how can you when someone else is in the picture?

Have you heard of the term 'rebound relationship'? A rebound is where one partner seeks comfort in a new lover to compensate for the loss or pain of an old one. If they have moved on to someone else after you very quickly, it is VERY likely your ex still has feelings for you. Rebounds are quite common, some last a few months, some even a few years, but ultimately they always fall apart.

How can you tell your ex is rebounding? Well this can be harder to find out for some than others. But here are some hot clues whether they still have feelings for you:

1. They continue to stay in contact with you. Whether you're 'only' good friends or you talk once a month. They still want to keep tabs on your life.

2. Your exes' new love HATES you. This is a big clue. If they seem to have a strong hate for you for no real reason other than you're an ex; that means they feel threatened. If they're threatened, they must suspect your ex still has feelings for you. Take this as a good sign.

3. Your ex does things that say they still think of you regularly. Eg, calling you regularly, doing nice things they know you'd appreciate OR perhaps they're doing the opposite like bad mouthing you all over the place. Oddly enough that ALSO means they're thinking of you. Remember there's a fine line between love and hate, it is indifference that you DON'T want.

4. You hear very little about their new love from others or from them firsthand. Do you know they even exist? Just a thought.

5. If their new love is around, they're unusually distant/awkward towards you and/or towards their new love. This is a big clue also. If they're distant to their new love when you're around, they feel uncomfortable about the relationship. Why would they feel uncomfortable unless they're NOT in the right now? Some people might disagree and say it's due to respect, I say it would be ONLY if the other clues listed does not apply.

Although these tips help for some people, others might not show any signs at all but choose to suffer 'in silence'. They are harder, but if you take the time to talk to them and 'read between the lines', you will start to sense you still have an effect on them. So you have a feeling your ex still has feelings for you? What are you going to do now? What you need is a plan.

Devise your plan but one thing I would NOT do is deliberately sabotage their relationship. This will only come back to bite you in the ass and your ex will hate you for it.

Remember though, your ex will come back to you if you're better than the rest.

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