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This isn’t true for all men, but a large majority of them don’t feel like they’re allowed to pay their breakups the attention they deserve. Many men don’t think they should make a big deal about their breakups—or even mention them at all! I’ve had plenty of male friends who casually mentioned, two or three hours into dinner (and only because I asked how their relationship was going) that they’d broken up with their serious girlfriend. They treated the information like they were telling me the weather. Um…HELLO? How long were they going to sit on that piece of information? Talk about burying the lead! Since men typically don’t feel as comfortable talking about their relationships while they’re happening, they also don’t open up about them when they end. But we all know that suppressing feelings can result in odd behaviors. Here are the wrong ways men deal with breakups.

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First, they act like it’s no big deal

The first thing men do when a relationship ends is deny, deny, deny. Even though just last month they were telling everyone they loved this woman, now they’re saying it was super casual—it was never serious. Really, it was more of a booty call situation stop asking about it gaaawwd can’t we all just have fun? They’ll make their friends out to be the dramatic ones by simply offering to lend an ear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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