London - Breaking up is hard to do but especially if your man has a good sense of humour.
The funnier a woman finds her partner, the harder it is to get over their break-up, experts say.
And the greaterthe sense of humour, the longer it takes to forget him, and the greater the chance she will contact him.
Why is not clear, but one theory is that women are attracted to funnier men because it is a marker of good genes, researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit said.
The study, published in the journal Adaptive Human Behaviour And Physiology, spoke to men and women about their behaviour and that of their ex after a break-up.
Mail on Sunday