The result of such beliefs is a double-edged rejection sword. This person actually inflicts prolonged and repetitive pain. First comes the initial sting originating from the breakup itself. By waiting around and hoping, a man is trapping himself in an endless circle of torture. A man cannot prevent his woman from leaving him, but he can definitely control the whole breakup situation.
Some men make the whole experience a lot more difficult than it really is.
The time it takes for a man to recover from the breakup depends on how he serves himself a martini. Most men will take it shaken. They sit around the house reading old love letters, looking at old photos and listening to meaningful love songs while reminiscing about the past. This is the hard, long way of recovering. Essentially, he's taking all these emotions together and shaking them within himself to make them more bubbly than they need to be.