Timing Is Everything: Sometimes It’s Best Not To Get Involved

When they just broke up with someone

Someone who is fresh off a breakup is technically single – technically. But their mind is still somewhere else. Sure, there are those cases where the love was gone long before the breakup became official. But even still, it’s typically healthy for someone coming off a long-term relationship to take some time to themselves before diving into something new. If they try to skip that step and get involved with someone new right away, they’ll probably just realize later – during that relationship – that they weren’t quite ready for that yet. And then everybody gets their hearts re-broken. If you meet someone who just got out of a multi-year, possibly cohabitating relationship who wants to dive into it with you, beware: they may be a serial monogamist who needs to work out some stuff.