But in all case, from experience, if it doesn't work one time, it won't work a 2nd time. Don't you think ?

Yes- after 2 years and a couple of months. He moved to another city for University, and we tried the whole long distance thing; 3 months after his move, he came to visit me and broke up with me face to face. I cried, he cried.. I threw things, they hit him..

No, I'm joking about the crying and throwing things.. well, sort of. Basically he told me that it's over, and then he proceeded to tell me why. I don't know if I can explain this right, but there are times where you just know you're going to make up with the person -like if it's a heated argument that ends in 'omg it's so over' etc- and then there are those times where you can tell the person has thought about this for a while... has planned out exactly what to say... yeah, this was one of those times; a real break-up. It was over.

And so if I remember correctly I tried to be a big girl; I said alright, I understand, ok... and then he hugged me which ruined everything- I cried... and cried... and felt banal and then didn't care and kept crying... and that went on until he said he had to go. And left.

And then I cried some more, thought I would die, took up like 10 hobbies, got a new job, and survived.

David Deangelo says that women react more emotionally to a break up initially while men take a lot longer to actually get over it. (On Being A Man program)

After that, how long did it take for you to move on and get over him?

He says that because that's what social psychologists have found.