Rebounding comes from the need to be with someone - anyone - else as long as you are getting attention and filling some gap in your life. Instead, just focus on what went wrong in your previous relationship and work on yourself for a while... whether that means taking a class, focusing on work, getting a hobby, etc.

Take the time to work on yourself, when you feel you are stronger and ready to be in a serious relationship, then try. Take your time getting to know the person, before you start dating. People tend to jump into relationships, because they dont want to be lonely, this where the problem, of failed marriages and relationships come from, they do not take the time to fix things about their self, to see what they truly need in a relationship, and jump into it because, it makes them feel good, instant gratification. If they would have taken the time to get to know the person, they might not have started dating them in the first place, and saved a lot of heartache.

Oooohh personal experience speaking here: Get off yer butt and keep yourself busy! Work on YOU! By this I mean DON'T worry about dating, relationships, marriage, and so forth. Work, hobbies, concentrate on your job, do things for YOU and about YOU, go out with friends, try new things, and, most important of all: HAVE FUN! After my first marriage ended, I wasn't interested in dating, getting back into a relationship, and so forth. I wanted, and needed, to focus on ME. I couldn't have had a meaningful relationship until I managed to get comfortable with myself again and work out my new situation and come to terms with everything. And it wouldn't have been fair to someone else if I had not done that, either. I avoided dating, but considered it fun (and SAFE) to flirt. I would compliment the ladies almost everywhere I went, make paper flowers, and ALL the waitresses (sorry guys!) at restaurants got BIG tips from me (bigger if they were single). All right, I admit I was a little sexist about it but that was how I dealt with some of my issues and learned to get over some big personal problems I had (like how not EVERY woman out there was a cbgs like my ex-wife turned out to be). I did some things I'd never done before and learned how to have fun myself again. It's easier to share the fun after you re-learn it. And most of all, I learned how to look for and recognise the signs in people that make them worthwhile to have as friends and maybe someday a significant other or wife again. So get out there, don't worry about dating, and just have fun!