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7th December 2016
02:58pm GMT

Chatting to ABC News, one of the researchers, David McCandless, offered his opinion on so many splits occur during this timeframe:
"I can only reflect on my own experience -- would you want stay in a relationship that you felt was over through Christmas and New Year's? "You don't want to be dogged by worries or pressure, you don't want to be worrying about the potential ups and downs in your relationship, you just want to clear the space".However, McCandless and his co-researcher, Lee Byron, were keen to point out that this is not a study and more of a "curious exploration" and a pattern that cropped up after analysing countless Facebook posts.
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