When a person breaks up with their partner, they
may be unable to cope with sudden loneliness and lack of attention unlike before or aren’
t willing to admit they miss their ex. So one
may resort to immediately jumping into a relationship with another person afterwards or shipping themselves greatly with another person to try and get into a new relationship or get over their former one, regardless of if this new one could be healthy or not. The person being used as a backup plan or plan b
may be referred to as a cushion or “cush” for
short because of this, and
may not even be aware of this until later on.