Its not about macho, far from it, I just dont get reacting like that, giving away so much power to someone else to the point you succumb to that. Even if I get getting hurt to a point. I seen male friends being destroyed by break ups, so litterally jaded about it and usually tell anyone I care about, like Darman here, just to get their fucking act together and calm their tits, this type of pathetic hold on you its not worth it whatsoever. Mainly because Its usually blown out of proportions big time in their minds, more ego thing then being truly THAT into that other, and you only need to give it time and realize how quickly you will find someone else to make you feel silly about previous overly strong reaction.
I'm talking about adults btw, as kids/teens, the insanely strong emotions was normal and I went through most of that, but as adults nah need to curb that and learn from experience big time.