How many guys have had their hearts broken by a girl due to GIGS?

[lymtal1]

Count me in on the GIGS thing. I was given the I am too young and need to experience life and other opportunities as you have been able to do. Opportunities equal dating others. And you know what? As bad as I am hurting I think she made the right decision. It was one that I knew was best but was just to damn scared to make months ago. So I wish her well and hope she has a great life. I guess the sad thing for me is she looked at me dead in the eyes and said I know that I am going to regret this for the rest of my life. I told her never to regret as she was such a great person and as much as I am hurting I will always remember what we had and how much we could have had more. I wish I had reason to be mad to be angry but I don't and that makes it so much harder to get over.

[EgoJoe]

"GIGS" is Egocentrism. It's also very real but like Sciencegal say sometimes it occurs in relationships with problems and may make them seem like they can't be overcome.

 

I had some symptoms of "GIGS" outside of a relationship when I was going through a crazy phase. Nobody understood me etc. I was embracing depravity and drinking ALOT.

 

If you don't know whats out there you think you're missing something. I happened to go to jail about ten times in one year and lose a very close friend...then I had an amazing girl come into my life and things were great.

 

Until it happened to her...sorta...

 

It's not just a syndrome, it may not even be the entire cause of a breakup. But it is real and yes immaturity is part of the reasonspeople "do it". But, newsflash. Everybody under the age of DEAD is immature, has the capability to be immature OR has been immature.

[Mack05]

How many guys have had their hearts broken by a girl due to GIGS?

 

I would suggest ther answer to that question is the same answer to this question -> "How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man". According to Homer Simpson it's 7

 

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.

[Glove_slap]

I think what it boils down to is that it's easier to accept what happened if you decide the other person must have a disease of some sort. If not for the disease you'd still be together. It's a way to bypass the "how bad did I screw this up" circuit.

 

Umm I don't want to add to the whole disease thing but my ex was crazy but the good kind of crazy, she was adorable and she admitted she had an OCD like personality. She'd go crazy if I bought gum from a store instead of whole sale, she literally went insane when I took the plastic wrapping out of those coke bottles, she explained it to me like "it's like my entire world is falling apart when you took off the wrap"