In spite of how much you like him, it is never okay to be a rebound.

A realistic pitfall is in how liable you are to develop feelings for him the longer you date him.

As your feelings for him grow, you conveniently convince yourself that he no longer sees you as a rebound.

After all, a significant amount of time has passed, and you have shared so much with him.

From fun activities to intriguing conversations, it feels as though you have mutually developed a deeper bond with each other.

Latching on to this mindset, you make yourself believe that he no longer sees you as a rebound.

Sadly, this is a trap that you have allowed yourself to walk into.

Regardless of how much it feels as though you have grown closer, it doesn’t change the fact that he chose to date you as a rebound.

That reasoning doesn’t go away.

There was, and most likely remains, a part of him that is connected to his ex-girlfriend.

Being a man, it’s unlikely he took the time to resolve the powerful emotions that were triggered on account of his previous breakup.

He chose to date you to help him forget about his ex-girlfriend.

He didn’t want to contend with the emotional repercussions of the breakup.

Rather, he chose to suppress them.

In dating you, he had someone new to direct his energy and thoughts to.

This kept him from having to face the emotional effects of his previous breakup.

This means that he isn’t fully emotionally available to you.

Given that he is so affected by a past relationship that he chose not to face the painful aftereffect of its demise, his emotions are stubbornly stuck on his ex-girlfriend.

Notwithstanding, he is capable of appearing as though he has moved on from his ex whenever he is hanging out with or talking to you.

He puts on the charm, making you laugh, while taking you out on dates and showing you a fun time.

He can even go as far as talking about the future with you.

All of that is a mirage, as it doesn’t account for the fact that he has been suppressing his feelings for his ex-girlfriend.

He has been too scared to face them and wants to convince himself that he has moved on from her.

Unfortunately, these complicated feelings are like a sleeping lion that will inevitably wake up.

That moment of awakening can occur at a time when you have already spent months dating him and you are convinced that you are no longer his rebound.

It doesn’t matter how affectionate he was with you the day before.

When feelings have been suppressed for a sustained period of time, they rear to the surface of a person’s consciousness unannounced and unexpectedly.

All of a sudden, even if he had convinced himself that he had moved on from his ex-girlfriend, he is completely overwhelmed with the emotions that he has been suppressing since the breakup.

Unfortunately, he is incapable of maintaining a clear head.

All he can think about is his ex-girlfriend.

The effect of this revelation is so overwhelming that he is suddenly seeking her out, curious about her life and whether she has moved on to a new boyfriend.

Sadly, while all of this is transpiring, you are stuck in the middle.

At this stage in the relationship, you have developed feelings for him, making it much harder for you to accept the reality of the situation.

You can avoid this predicament by not becoming his rebound in the first place.