Revealed: Top reasons why men get dumped.

Break-ups are never easy. We’ve all been there at some point or another, when it’s suddenly apparent to both of you that it’s over.

What can be difficult to understand, during the recovery process, is why a relationship came to an end when you thought everything was going so well.

A web survey of more than 5,000 women has revealed the hard truth of why women kick men to the kerb.

The most common reason for a break-up, from a woman’s perspective, was too many conflicts and arguments – with 28 per cent citing this as the main reason.

In second place was a lack of chemistry within the relationship – with 18 per cent ending it on this basis. But 14 per cent of women said that they had simply found a better man.

Other reasons given in the survey, courtesy of MensHealth.com and Glamour magazine, included a lack of commitment and a disbelief that their partner was not husband material.

Only three per cent of women cited bad sex for ending a relationship.

Lauren Phillips, a 22-year-old fashion student living in Carholme Road, Lincoln, explained that she put an end to a relationship when she became sick of her boyfriend’s immaturity.

“We had some good times together and at the start as he was fun to be around but soon I realised he was just immature,” she said.

“He had no focus, direction, or drive, and I realised I couldn’t see any future between the two of us.

“He just didn’t seem like so much of a safe bet once it started getting serious.

“I have a lot of platonic male friends and he would get insanely jealous if I so much as spoke to them when he wasn’t around.

“In the end, I just had to tell him it wasn’t working and that I needed space.”

However, one commonly occurring reason for the dissolution of a relationship, overlooked by the survey, was that of distance.

Amy Hill, a 22-year-old vintage retailer from Sincil Bank, Lincoln, said that she ended a relationship of two years when the distance simply became too much.

“Long distance is difficult, especially at a younger age,” she said.

“My first real relationship lasted for more than two years, with him living in London.

“I was 17 at the time, and at that age, you can’t plan too far ahead. We were both realistic but in the end it was me who called it a day.

“I think he knew it was over but, like most guys, he waited for me to do the dirty work.

“He said he loved me and didn’t want to break my heart, which only made him look like a coward. I think girls have a lot more guts when it comes to a break-up.”