One in 12 NEVER Get Over An Ex-Partner, And Women Take MUCH Longer Than Men

Sometimes life is one big Taylor Swift lyric.

Those who've gone through recent break-ups will know what we mean.

You might have known he was trouble when he walked in, but you went and hooked up with him anyway, and look where it got you, dripping teardrops on your guitar, wishing on a star...you get the message.

Well, new research shows that we pay even more for those bad decisions than we even knew we did.

We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together

A study about rejection, conducted by Capital One, has shown that as many as one in 12 of us, NEVER fully recovers from the break down of a relationship.

Even worse than that, though, the same study showed that women take almost 20 per cent longer to recover from a split, despite the fact that they do 58 per cent of the breaking up!

Well now that just doesn't seem fair.

According to psychologist Donna Dawson, “Rejection is one of the worst feelings that men and women can experience. It calls up questions about self-worth and self-confidence, which lie at the core of our social personalities."

"Women do more rejecting because they are sharper at sensing that a relationship is going nowhere," she continued.

Should've Said No

The study found out a few other interesting nuggets of information too.

For example, when it comes to the "chin up, eyes front" mentality, men are way better at putting on a brave face after a rejection.

They are TWICE as likely to put a positive spin on an unfavourable outcome. One in ten men say they look on the bright side of life in these situations and over 41 per cent said they felt "liberated" or "relieved" after rejection, while eight per cent said they felt "more attractive."

Huh. Well sc**w you buddy, sc**w you.

Forever And Always

For the real Taylorites among us, prone to serial monogamy, this study shows we've got a cold, hard road ahead of us.

It has confirmed an often recounted rumour that, when it comes to long term relationships, it will take you one month for every year that you were together, to get over it (that's if you actually ever get over it at all which, as we established at the beginning, might NEVER HAPPEN).

We'd like to suggest resorting to another popular piece of hearsay, that instead of moping around pining for the guy that reckons he's better off without you, sometimes "the best way to get over someone, is to get UNDER someone else!"*

*Always use protection.

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What do you reckon? Do we really need one month for every year of a relationship to get over it? Let us know in the comments.