Well, I guess all men are very different then. I always did all of those things and still ended up being left. Either men are extremely different, or I'm extremely ineffectual. Hmmmm...more to ponder I guess.
No, one person cannot keep a M going for long. Nope, you are only one of the two players who had a role in ending the M. And given your sitch, you may have had little to do with that.