How did you know you were ready to date again?

*** when you meet someone right for you = past fears feel like a faded memory. The scar is there but.. it won't stop you. You will smile with that person and your connection will feel very fluid. If you are still moving on from past relationship.. take some selfcare time. You need to feel better (even single) before you start dating. That way the next person you date won't feel like an imprint of the past.

You have to remember: a new person = a new story in the making. Learn from the past but don't let it condemn your present and/or future. You have a decisive role and choices too.. you can try to gear it in a great direction.. Everything else is on the other side, aka not under your control, and should not be your source of anxiety. Every adventure starts with a little fear. Being brave is the only way forward. It is better to have a heart that knew love, even in pain.. as opposed to a heart that never lived to the fullest because it spent its life in a glass shield.. like a fake rose... I prefer to hear I loved all my life.. as opposed to.. I ran away from love all my life... regardless of the outcomes. Be wise but also brave. Best of luck :)

I'm probably the wrong person to help with that one, two years between serious relationships felt short to me, and after two of them two years apart I didn't have any serious relationships for maybe 16 years

someone else caught my attention and it didn't remind me of the past. even tho they aren't the one, it let me know i was ready...

I jumped right in dating casually for a long time before getting in another serious relationship…

I’ll be ready when I meet the right person

A year had gone by.

rebound partners help move past someone you are not over with in my experience

I never got to date her and i havent dated in years because of her. Im hoping that time will tell

I kept trying to date because I didn't want to think about her anymore, but I couldn't get interested in anybody. Then I met this girl & we clicked, I never thought about my ex when I was with her so finally I was able to be with someone else.

When that one ended I kinda slutted myself out for a while. Idk what I was trying to prove.. maybe I was just filling a void with sex

The fastest way to get over someone is to get under someone else

Time and clearly realizing why you broke up. Meeting someone new that makes you feel special and having new feelings for them. Don't rush yourself. Rushing leads to bad outcomes.