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After a relationship ends, men appear to want another partner more than women do: research following people into singlehood found men were less satisfied being single and expressed a stronger desire to couple again, suggesting the sexes may not experience life alone in quite the same way
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On average, they wanted a new partner more than women did, and they were less content without one.
Among heterosexual adults, 73 percent of men had entered a new relationship within ten years of a breakup, compared with 61 percent of women.
Hoan and MacDonald concluded: “Our results suggest that single women, on average, report higher levels of satisfaction with relationship status, life satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and lower desire for a partner.”
A person who isn’t chasing a relationship isn’t automatically “over” heartbreak faster or slower than a person who is.
Applied here, that means the guy who’s dating someone new two months after his last relationship isn’t necessarily shallow, and the woman who’s in no hurry at all isn’t necessarily still hurting.