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Trending & News You can see the differences in mens and womens reaction after the breakup. Does this apply to you? What do you think? I think this is true when the guy initiates the breakup.
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You can see the differences in mens and womens reaction after the breakup. Does this apply to you? What do you think? I think this is true when the guy initiates the breakup.
- I think it depends from person to person.
To me it mostly happened when I broke up with my ex, but thankfully I had good friends that helped me out and then got with my current fiancée.
Should I go through a break up now, I think I'd just smoke/drink/snort more.4|11|2Is this still revelant?I hope this path doesn't come up. Steer clear of that! Mainly snorting and limiting on drinking.
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- When my ex broke up with me I was going through a state of emotional numbness. I didn't feel a thing. I feel now like it was probably a good thing. Her mom always says that she wishes her duaghter would've just stayed with me and she's apologized for her daughter a lot. I like her family. They're really nice people (other than her bro). I just don't think her and I were a really good fit and I think that we're really not a good fit now. I'm glad she moved on and hasn't felt regrets about breaking up with me. I think the thing that bothered me the most is when I told my mom and she said "Oh I'm sorry Anon, maybe she'll take you back one day". I don't want her to take me back. I don't want to be with her. I want to be with someone who I can relate with more.1|10|0Is this still revelant?
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- I cry and bawl my eyes out!!! And then I talk to my friends about it to boost my ego up, and convince myself it wasn't meant to be. It still hurts but it takes time for myself to bounce back up!!
Man some are thesame but are more private about it. Depending how they broke up, they can either be disappointed that their relationship fail, or mad about the break up bc the girl is happier than ever. So its all how both people react to the break up. Everyone is different.1|10|0Is this still revelant?A couple should always love each other especislly if they are married cause it means forever so no matter what happens, they should fix it and stay together!
- Lol ima cry for a day and then im on to the next. Plus someone likely caught my eye before i was on my way out anyways 🤣 sooo... but did i cheat? No. Can i now go make a move since im single again, hells yea!! Honestly, my longest term ex was the only one i cried about for 3 days. But even then, i was talking to someone else by the end of the week. I dont got time to waste 🤷♀️1|00|1Is this still revelant?
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652- I honestly don't know, I don't have enough experience to say. I was only in one actual relationship which I ended and that was definitley not my response to it. Though she was pressuring me into rushing the relationship along faster then I was comfortable so that might have also been a factor. I'm also very quick to cut people off when things go south (Probably why I don't have a lot of relationships, if a woman flakes on me thats it I'm done talking to her. If she pulls some kind of drama with me again, I'm done with her their is no games with me and I don't beg.) so that also might be another factor for why I don't do this.1|00|0
- After breakup, a man feels more freedom, like set free from talking to her all day, and going out with his friends more, partying more, playing videogames or whatever.. so what happens is the sense of freedom makes him happy, doing what he couldn't do or what was limited because of his relationship, after getting back to normal, he starts to think about her and miss his girl and his emotions start to fall, and come to realisation that he made a mistake...
As for women, women are driven by their emotions much more than men, and that's why after breakup, women tend to cry, be sad, and missing him.. and after sometime she starts to let go, move on, and be happy again, also be free...
Men tend to postpone their emotions while women Don't.0|00|0 - I would usually be distant and collect myself. Crying and having a moment then do something besides, just resting all the time would be beneficial. I don't believe your perception is accurate on guys after a breakup and their reactions. It's rather a skewed look on a guy's reaction—pure assumption. Some guys aren't like that.
I'm sensitive as it is, so I deal with things differently. When (or I had hopefully don't need to again) initiate a breakup, I really think about it. I don't think it's a happy time but a time of relief because if it was toxic, it's time to move on do something else. Ultimately, it will affect one differently, even the type of situation.0|00|0 - I guess it mainly comes down to how the break up occurred and how long the relationship was , and if you have answers to why it ended Bottom line I think divorce is probably the worst break up especially if you really loved someone and they betrayed you and left you for someone else , and you were blind sided. My ex wife cheated on me and I busted her I went through a depression but thanks to friends and family I snapped out of it and was able to move forward and started dating , as for my brother his ex wife left him on Christmas 3 years ago and he is still depressed over it cuz he doesn’t have a legit answer as to why she left him , And now that Christmas is coming he isn’t looking forward to it.1|00|0
- It's a completely different story for me, but I got cheated on. I'm not over it, but also not crying, and not worse than when it just happened. I don't miss the person: The only thing that remains is pain for the damage done and the betrayal, that's all1|00|0
- Statistics show men suffer more mental health issues after a breakup and have a significantly higher suicide attempt rate triggered by the loss of the relationship than women. I'm not referring to the non-serious attention-seeking or manipulative/abusive "attempts", but rather the serious ones.
Men in Western society don't have the space to grieve that kind of loss these days. It's not "manly" for them. So depression takes a bigger impact1|00|0 - It's true, for me.
Took me 3 days of crying and realizing It's over. No contact as well.
I was better by the end of the week.
Thank god I had friends and family!
Single * ready to mingle and mess with these boys hearts forever.
Joking. Lol.1|00|0 - I think this whole idea is just to put us down.
We all probably react in similar ways, I person of all the break ups i've had? it didn't bother me too much. My personality is "Guess we just didn't click". I will be upset for a couple days but that's it really.1|00|0 - False, I recently gotten out of a relationship about 3 weeks ago.
It's been a month and I feel like I'm over it.
However, have no idea who my ex is doing in terms of the break up. We don't talk as of now.
I mean generally it might be true, but I'm my experience it's false.1|00|1 - Ahhh turning the common questions into a competition haha. Nice well it depends on the break up and relationship almost completely so I dont see much reason to discuss it lol but I like the comments and seeing everyone's ability to know both sides of the situation.0|00|0
The original picture of the one above? 1|00|1Yes, that graphic is very often true.
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Study: Women hurt more by breakups but recover more fully
August 12, 2015
Women experience more emotional pain following a breakup, but they also more fully recover, according to new research from Binghamton University.
Researchers from Binghamton University and University College London asked 5,705 participants in 96 countries to rate the emotional and physical pain of a breakup on a scale of one (none) to 10 (unbearable). They found that women tend to be more negatively affected by breakups, reporting higher levels of both physical and emotional pain. Women averaged 6.84 in terms of emotional anguish versus 6.58 in men. In terms of physical pain, women averaged 4.21 versus men’s 3.75. While breakups hit women the hardest emotionally and physically, women tend to recover more fully and come out emotionally stronger. Men, on the other hand, never fully recover — they simply move on.
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According to Craig Morris, research associate at Binghamton University and lead author on the study, the differences boil down to biology. Women have more to lose by dating the wrong person.
“Put simply, women are evolved to invest far more in a relationship than men,” Morris said. “A brief romantic encounter could lead to nine months of pregnancy followed by many years of lactation for an ancestral woman, while the man may have ‘left the scene’ literally minutes after the encounter, with no further biological investment. It is this ‘risk’ of higher biological investment that, over evolutionary time, has made women choosier about selecting a high-quality mate. Hence, the loss of a relationship with a high-quality mate ‘hurts’ more for a woman.”
Conversely, as men have evolved to compete for the romantic attention of women, the loss of a high-quality mate for a man may not “hurt” as much at first, Morris said.
“The man will likely feel the loss deeply and for a very long period of time as it ‘sinks in’ that he must ‘start competing’ all over again to replace what he has lost — or worse still, come to the realization that the loss is irreplaceable,” he said.
Morris said that breakups are important because most of us will experience an average of three by age 30, with at least one affecting us strongly enough that it substantially decreases our quality of life for weeks or months.
“People lose jobs, students withdraw from classes and individuals can initiate extremely self-destructive behavior patterns following a breakup,” he said. “With better understanding of this emotional and physical response to a breakup — Post Relationship Grief — we can perhaps develop a way to mitigate its effects in already high-risk individuals.”
The study, “Quantitative Sex Differences in Response to the Dissolution of a Romantic Relationship,” was published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences on July 31.Yes, I have read these. My question was based on these and some of the youtube videos I have seen.
- I don't think there is big gender difference in this question. Some people are emotional and some think analytic, this makes the difference. The moment of clarity where you can sort out positive and negative things in former relationship without involving your personal feelings to your ex. Is the moment where you know nothing of value has been lost or/and you're just a piece of shit.1|00|0
- No I have to say it sounds very sexist or rather stereo typing Each parties Male or Female are individuals of their own right Nothing to do with gender We all react differently when a breakup occurs0|00|0
- I think that goes both ways. What every person, male or female. Who ever initiated the breakup. And the other one takes it pretty ruff. Especially when the other leave on relationship straight to another.1|10|0
- Generally speaking the person who initiates the break up appears better after because they have already started the process of healing. So they are steps ahead of their ex and already grieved.1|10|0
- I have never done the breaking up but I think it varies so much by person to person and situation. For example my first breakup still hurts a bit. My second is a good riddance and two middle fingers to her.1|00|1
- I personally think everyone is different. I've seen examples where girls can get hung up too...
I think each individual takes it differently vs a specific gender1|10|1 - Nope, humans are humans, same bullshit on both sides of the aisles. I don't understand why we can't just grasp this fact and stop
making everything about gender. We are fucked up, egotistical, flawed and contradictory beings.0|20|0Not everything about gender, but somethings are. We are different, no matter if we want to believe it or not.
- Men, lacking real support systems, do much worse after breakups than women do. Also, women initiate breakups (and divorces) much more often than men do.1|10|1
- Not for me. After a break up I move on immediately. I have never truly liked/loved someone truly where I feel hurt by their absence from my life. A big flaw on my part.1|00|0
- I don't think that is the case with me mam, I love her still I won't deny that, I might still love her in the future but I am not going to be depressed or sad over it.
I am happy with my life and I hope she is as well.☺️☺️1|00|0 
Anonymous1 moAfter a breakup men think they're gonna have a series of hookups and wild sex... only to find out that women (from their mid twenties onwards) only want a relationship. The ones who hookup are either ugly (because uggos have to take what they get) or crazy. Either way the experience for men after a breakup is disappointing at best, stressful and agonizing at worst.1|00|0- I just let it all out and cry if I need to the first day or two. Then I go on with my life 💁🏻♀️0|00|0
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/h3EJICKwITw0|00|0- Anonymous1 moNah, that's how women would like it to be. Once I break up with a woman she's dead to me. I'm a cold motherfucker.0|00|0
- Haha you're spot on... we always miss you but only realize it after some time 😁1|00|1
- I'm afraid I have to disagree with it. It depends on the specific person and it can't be generalised for every man and woman !1|10|0
- Its true but as I've gotten. Older I've gotten through the sad stage quicker than I have before.1|00|0
- It takes a week for me to get over someone. I just go on with my life like nothing happened. Talking to friends is the best way to get over it.1|00|0
- Not for me. I move on immediately. If we break up either she was unhappy, I was unhappy, or we both were. Why would I lament ending something that we not both into?1|00|1
- Much easier for women since they already probably have someone else, it's true a lot of the time but also as said by others it depends on who initiated the break up1|20|0
None anymore I guess? But just look at the rest of the women's response on this question, like @DizzyDesii
I agree. Back-up options are a thing for women. Really hard to find a really loyal one
- I think it depends more on personality than gender. Sure genders might express some tendencies but, ultimately, it depends on the person.0|00|0
- In my opinion it depends on :
The reason of the breakup
Who of the two wanted to break up
How much they cared for each other0|00|0 - Lies!!! ... I project I am ok... but alone cry every night till my eyes dry hearing ' not a love song' from bon jovi.0|00|0
- I've been heartbroken plenty of times during my Life. Each one is like Living Death. The will to Live leaves You for quite some time.2|00|1
- I don’t think you can really judge it by gender. It really depends on the person, who broke up with who, and the reason for the break up.1|00|1
- For me the 'day' pictures could be either, but the rest is all happiness1|00|0
- Women will always have more opportunities to hook up and/or 'date' because men do follow that pattern shown.0|00|0
- Actually it was the opposite for me!
Maybe because she was the one who initiate it!1|10|0 - No it took me three years to get over my 7 1/2 year relationship1|00|0
- Most men tend to not take a hit till after a few days, some sooner. as for me uh it depends really1|00|0
- i think that's not accurate. i think both genders can easily end up on either side. it all depends on the emotional situation and circumstances.0|10|0
- I don't know girls never date me. They always just put me in the friend zone.1|00|0
- Ya know, that might be pretty accurate. 😂1|00|0
- Through my experience quite the opposite1|00|0
- I give 100% so when I'm done I'm done I feel free1|00|0
- Anonymous1 moI think it depends who did the breaking up1|00|0
- Anonymous1 moLol so very true1|00|0
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