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Do guys get over their ex easily?

Because according to a study which began back in 2000, and assessed the emotional state of 2,000 divorced men and women once before revisiting them anywhere between 6 and 9 years later, men don't tend to properly get over their past significant relationships.

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Breakups are crap, no matter what the circumstances. But generally speaking, what makes them feel even worse is the fact that while you're sat at home surrounded by a mountain of tissues, your mum, your best friends and He's Just Not That Into You playing on repeat; some brief Facebook stalking tends to reveal that he's out getting drunk and having a fun time as usual with his friends. It can feel like they don't care. And even though deep down we know it's just the stereotypical approach men take to dealing with upsetting things; covering up that there's anything wrong in the first place and getting on with it, it can really hurt. But science is here to remind you that they do care; and in fact, they'll care for a hell of a lot longer than you will. Because according to a study which began back in 2000, and assessed the emotional state of 2,000 divorced men and women once before revisiting them anywhere between 6 and 9 years later, men don't tend to properly get over their past significant relationships. The women in the study showed indications of having become more extravert in the years following their divorces, whereas the men became evidently more emotionally unstable in the wake of the split. Which proves that, although a breakup tends to hit women harder in the beginning, they actually get over it in the long run, whereas men will hold onto the sad feelings surrounding the separation for years to come.

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And another study backs up the theory. Carried out by Craig Morris, a research associate at Binghamton University, 5,705 participants from 96 countries were assessed about how quickly they got over their former partners, and it was found that, on average, men tended to suffer for longer than women. "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 realisation that the loss is irreplaceable," Morris explains. So just remember that next time your heart is aching and you think he couldn't care less. It just hurts different people in different ways.

[H/T i100]

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