Date other people

Not too soon as that person will soon be on your steady list of ex's then that will be two heartaches to deal with.

The quickest, although not always the best way to get over someone. Really it depends what type of "rebounding" you are looking for? Hoping that he/she will some day come back to you though and not getting out there and dating anyone else is a little stupid though if its really over.

Then I end up feeling like a whore....:) j/k ETA

Especially her best friend or sister !

Be careful of the "this hurts so much that I'm gonna fuck someone else pretty quickly, some because I know I can type of person, just to get you off my mind syndrome." It's physically fun, but the payback is the proverbial bitch emotionally and mentally. And don't sit there wavering like you're gonna hit the disagree button on this pretending you're a noble, high minded paladin or something. Probably 3/4 of you, at least, know EXACTLY what I'm talking about

I heard a statement from a chick I know about this... something about the best way for her to get over a guy was to get under a new one...

This worked somewhat for me, at least once. I had a serious, long-term girlfriend break up with me (right around Christmas, as a matter of fact), and it was devastating, more so than I would have thought possible. I wasn't ready to jump off a bridge or stick my head into an oven, but it shook me to my core. When we were going together, it always seemed as if the relationship was more important to her than it was to me (which may have been part of the problem, I guess). When she abruptly broke it off with me, that illusion was emphatically dispelled. Another lady I was acquainted with (we had both been in the same wedding party; the groom was my friend, the bride was hers), taking note of the break-up, made her heretefore unknown interest in me known, and we started going out. If nothing else, the new relationship assuaged my wounded ego. I can remember being dressed up for a date with her, walking out to my car with some flowers in hand, and noticing my ex-girlfriend watching me from ... Read more

If you're ready to. By which I mean that you can go on a date without pissing and moaning about your ex- or getting maudlin about them, or generally referencing them too often. Avoid those common pitfalls, and you're good to go.

Sometimes you went straight to this tactic before the break-up. You cad.

I think this one's pretty good. That being said, if it feels forced, I think I'm probably not ready. If it feels just a little bit forced it might not be a bad thing, though. A date is definetley not a marriage proposal. Sometimes it's nice to ask out a friend of the opposite sex, someone you've met before but not pursued, or a complete stranger, to get myself back in the game just a bit.