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Love Life with Matthew Hussey

(Rewind): Men vs Women in a Breakup. Who Suffers More?

Love Life with Matthew Hussey

Matthew Hussey

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that men and women respond differently to breakups? My brother Stephen and I talked about recent research that showed differences in how men and women process emotional pain, how long they take to recover from heartbreak, and how likely they are to want to get back together.

Of course, we are all individuals, and our response will also be determined by our own personality and experiences, but it's always interesting to see these general patterns of male and female behaviour and whether they conform with our stereotypes.

What do you think? Have you noticed any of these differences in your own relationships?

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0:00.0

There's a point at which processing just becomes pointless rumination.

0:03.8

And we're now no longer actually making progress

0:07.1

with just getting stuck in a loop of emotions.

0:10.4

What's up everybody, Matthew Hussey here. Welcome back to the Love Life podcast.

0:33.3

A fun, informative, insightful clip from one of our previous videos today.

0:39.3

I think you're going to love it. Check it out.

1:09.5

In New York, Binghamton.

1:11.5

And they established that while breakups hit women harder at first,

1:19.6

men take much longer to heal and move on.

1:23.1

And this jibes with a meme that goes about on the internet where it shows

1:28.9

that the meme is like men immediately after a breakup.

1:32.5

And it shows the man cheering and celebrating.

1:34.6

And he's really happy. He's like free.

1:36.5

And a woman's really upset.

1:38.5

And then it says like six months after the break up or three months after.

1:42.8

And the woman's feeling relaxed and happy and free.

1:47.3

And the man is sad and in pain and lonely.

1:51.4

And the fact that many people share it as a meme suggests there's something

1:56.1

that people intuitively latch onto here.

1:58.5

And the study also suggests that a lot of men, this is a bit dark.

2:02.8

It says a lot of men never fully recover from heartbreak.

2:05.5

They simply learn to live with it and get on with life.

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