Least amount of time between relationships?

Unacceptably small is when you start the new one before you end the old one. Surprising how many people pull this stunt. Other than that I believe that unacceptable only matters to the two people involved in the new relationship. Nobody is perfect, but at least have the decency to a) end the old one first and B) don’t be a douche about it if the old other half is going to be hurt by the new one. That’s assuming the old other half wasn’t abusive, or pulled the above mentioned stunt, or such. Even in that case, show some class.

I’ve waited anywhere between 5 months to a few years before starting a new relationship. The only reason I ask now is because it’s been three weeks since my ex broke up with me and I was wondering if that’s a socially acceptable time to wait before starting a new relationship. I don’t know since I normally wait much longer. I was kinda curious how long other people wait.

@Rytt: We all need time for the wounds to heal, the dust to settle and the noise to turn into a faint whisper in the background. I can’t give you a date, but I know that three weeks is way too soon.

There’s no “right” amount of time to wait. If you meet the right person, you meet the right person. You never know when it’ll happen – I met my fiance when I was dating my last boyfriend, whom I’d been with for 4 years and thought he was “the one”. It took me quite a while to get out of that relationship, and while I didn’t cheat physically, I was having feelings for the new guy and the old guy at the same time.

I saw screw what others think. If you feel you want to be with someone, do it.

It depends on the people and the relationship. If the relationship that ended was not very emotionally significant, then the person might start dating right away.

That is all up to you and what feels right. A lot will also depend on your definition of “relationship”. here were times where I was dating again 2 months after a breakup but never quite developed into what I would call a relationship. Life is too short for rules and definitions….just follow your gut and your heart.

There are no rules. When you feel like it.

Not sure 0 or 2 days. Of course it was because I already knew on a monday morning that the first guy was going to break up with me and by the afternoon I had a date for wednesday and hung out with him till evening and called the first guy and told him that I heard he had something to tell me. Sure enough he broke up with me and I dated the second guy 2 days later. So do I count from the time I accepted the date or from the time I actually went out with him?

Of course I was young and we were just dating. I think it is different, depending on how and why the relationship breaks off and how long has your relationship lasted and how serious it was. I wasn’t in love with the first guy and he wasn’t in love with me.