Chalk up another thing that women do better than men: break up. At least, that’s according to Craig Eric Morris, a Penn State University anthro pologist who studies heartbreak. Like the incoming asteroid that will wipe out life on Earth, women burn hot and fast. When a relationship is over, they cry, invest in red wine, watch Nicholas Sparks movies, log on to Bumble, turn to Ellen for spiritual strength, and then get on with it – and come out in a better emotional place, where they greet the next guy.
Men, on the other hand, slice their suffering into long, dull, onerous chapters, dragging out our obsessive retelling, recalling one more thing, investigating all the emotional forensics, and Facebook-stalking her for months, if not longer. We do not recover;…
