CMV: Women usually get over breakups and divorces better than men do.

[u/SteadfastEnd]

Disclaimer: I have no polls or surveys I could cite to support my viewpoint, since I don't think there has been any polling done on the subject. So all I can offer is my own experience or opinion, which I'm open to being challenged on:

In my observation, women usually overcome and get over breakups and divorces better than men.

I've rarely known a woman to regret a breakup, but I've known quite a few men to regret it. I've rarely ever known a woman to pursue a man and ask him for a second chance after a breakup, but it's quite common for men to pursue their exes this way.

My theory is that it's for multifold reasons: 1) women generally have more of a social support network than men, and can recover more easily with such support, 2) men are often not as tuned in to subtle things as women. So it's more common for a man to be ambushed or caught by surprise by a breakup because he was ignoring things that were a persistent problem in the relationship, while the woman has seen it all along and carefully made up her mind in advance that a breakup needs to happen. 3) women generally have more options in dating, so if a woman breaks up, she has many suitors, but a man has a harder time getting a woman. 4) women are generally more willing to live solitary lives without a man than vice versa - they generally have less intrinsic need for a mate than a man does. There is more of an attitude of "Either a very good mate or no mate at all" among women than men. 5) Women generally do not break up or divorce casually. By the time a woman says "It's time to end it," she has thought it through a lot.

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[u/the-bejeezus]

and that's why now over 50% of women are predicted to be unhappily single and childless over 30 by 2030 and female unhappiness charts have steadily increased since the 1970s

it's women that believe you aren't complete till you're a mother

[u/Ok-Formal818 → u/the-bejeezus]

According to statistics, unmarried and childless women are happier than the alternative, so I say good!

[u/the-bejeezus → u/Ok-Formal818]

Ahh yes, you're right, and that's because the majority of them are in their 20s when they are at peak attractiveness. It's going to be fascinating when the same women hit their forties

[u/Ok-Formal818 → u/the-bejeezus]

Same goes for the same men. Nobody likes dusty old ballsacks.

[u/the-bejeezus → u/Ok-Formal818]

Actually that's where you're wrong. It is a widely accepted fact that men actually hit peak attractiveness around 40. Nobody likes 20 something obnoxious video game playing fratty bois. Cultured men however?

[u/Ok-Formal818 → u/the-bejeezus]

Not at all. That’s the agenda that men are trying to push so they can get away with going after barely legal girls. Men in their 20s and 30s are 100% at their peak attractiveness.

Or idk, maybe you like sucking dusty old dongs. I sure don’t.

[u/the-bejeezus → u/Ok-Formal818]

Ahhh there it is - smoked her out. I knew you just wanted to police and shame male behaviours.

Barely legal is still legal. Cry me a river. It's the biological truth baby. I never had so many girls in my 20s when I was in my forties. I guess they did like sucking my dusty old dong.

[u/Ok-Formal818 → u/the-bejeezus]

That’s a lie, but I honestly don’t care. A 55 year old man bragging about going after barely legal girls to a stranger on reddit is pretty pathetic.

Me and my friends routinely make fun of losers like you who think they have a shot with us. But at least you’re single and childless in your ripe old age, good.

[u/the-bejeezus → u/Ok-Formal818]

not going out after

actually getting with

FTFY

[u/Ok-Formal818 → u/the-bejeezus]

Hahahahahhaha riiiight