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> [“For most men, what’s tougher than breaking up is the moment when their ex finally falls out of love with them and lets go, perhaps because it triggers a childhood fear—a psychological terror—of losing the first woman whose love they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-strauss/for-most-men-what-s-tougher-than-breaking-up-is-the-moment-when-their/)

[Neil Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-strauss/)

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