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Yep. It's more likely that [certain] studies show [a proportion of] people expect their break-ups to be longer and more painful than they actually are.

I would have liked to see links to those studies in the article to evaluate them. I was unexpectedly broken up with once (after committing for around 'just' a couple months), and it hurt for far longer and was more painful than I thought it might be. Things were mostly better after 4 months, and rarely thought of after around 8 months.



I’ve heard a rule of thumb that a break-up will sting for twice the length of the relationship. Assuming you were not the instigator.


I've heard a rule that it was half the time of the relationship. From my experience your rule is more accurate!




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