When all the talk about GIRLS being responsible for breakups was going on heatedly, SAMedia picked up on a source that led us to another misery caused by such breakups. More commonly known as the "REBOUND EFFECT", it is known to affect GUYS more than GIRLS do, contrary to popular belief that both parties are equally affected. To gain an insight on this effect, SAMedia once again sought the professional advice of Professor Lam Pah Chee, recently promoted Director of the Break-Up Research Team (BURT).
 
Prof Lam describes the REBOUND EFFECT to be an occurrence when a person starts a new relationship very quickly after the previous one ended, causing the hurt and anguish that was not put behind to come back and haunt the new relationship. He stated that previous experiences will lead to different standards and point of views. "In many ways," Prof Lam said, "the past experiences is going to bounce back and everything may not just remain in square one. It could deteriorate further."
 
However, SAMedia has observed that more often than not, the GIRLS are the ones who recover super quickly after a breakup and get into starting another relationship at fucking quick pace. Detailed studies have shown that 88% of GIRLS manage to get re-attached within a period of 3 months, while only 17% of GUYS managed to get themselves similarly hooked. This study initially led to the conclusion that GIRLS are able to pick things up faster and get on with life, but after some intense scrutiny, it was widely declared as MISLEADING.
 
For one, GIRLS are emotionally weaker than GUYS. Hence, they should have more difficulty than GUYS in salvaging the situation and doing damage control. "The hurt caused from a breakup is not easily resolvable within such a short period of time," said Prof Lam. He quoted BURT papers stating that GUYS need minimum 7 months for a BASIC recovery and GIRLS 23, but it could be very much longer before FULL recovery is achieved. "If another relationship was created before BASIC recovery is completed, the REBOUND effect is bound to occur."
 
Probable results of such an occurrence could mean another breakup, more hurt, further distrust, violence, and is easily the main reason to why people pick up certain addictions. However, when the REBOUND EFFECT strikes, many are unaware. They simply treat it as the daily comings of a normal relationship. "It is extremely different, as the subtle acknowledgement for the distinction between the 2 parties concerned is not present." Prof Lam explained. "For example, the new person may just be a replacement, a spare tyre, but the personalities differ totally and thus resulting in a facade being imposed by the mind on the heart."
 
Many GIRLS that SAMedia polled doesnt seem to mind. "I've completed put behind my previous relationship," said Ms Puay Wee Buoy, who entered a new relationship barely 2 weeks after her previous one ended. "The memories of my previous relationship is not longer fresh. I can differentiate between my GUY and my ex." Unfortunately, the victim of the REBOUND EFFECT is never the person in concern. This makes many much more GUYS victims than GIRLS do, as the REBOUND EFFECT hits upon GUYS for their GIRLS are the ones involved in a breakup not too long ago.
 
The reverse is not the same. For GUYS, because of the shorter recovery time, and their ability to control emotion better, GIRLS aer not hit by the REBOUND EFFECT as often and as hard. And because of this, GUYS are often the ones left at the end of the battering ram and are shortchanged again and again. Surprisingly, although logic reveals that the initiator of the breakup is usually the one who gets reattached first, evidence seems to point at the fact that this is largely true only for the GIRL. "If a GUY asks for a breakup, it is mainly due to the loss in commitment towards the relationship and thus he chooses to end it so as to be fair to the GIRL," Prof Lam stated. "But if the GIRL is the initiator, then it could only mean 3 things: 1. She has already hooked up with someone else, 2. She has lost interest in the GUY and is looking to be hooked up with someone else, and 3. She is in the process of hooking someone up."
 
It could also be because there are more GIRLS than GUYS here in Singapore, but that doesnt explain why more GUYS are single than GIRLS. The GUY could possibly have been more accepting towards being the victim of the REBOUND EFFECT and suffer in silence but it looks like the GIRLS are going to have no part in it. The fucking quick entering of a new relationship for GIRLS is more than just a phenomenon to be explained by nature. Professor Lam's colleague Dr Wah Bo Lui accuses GIRLS of being irresponsible, choosing to be loved and taken, and letting the REBOUND EFFECT hit on their partners.
 
Either that, or GIRLS nowadays are fucking players. It may hit upon the GUY that his ex has got hooked up so fucking cheebye quickly while he is still holding on and letting time heal him. That could possibly gear him up into action into finding another GIRL so as to maintain the edge, but usually this effort is futile. "Only later on when the realities of the REBOUND EFFECT dawns upon the GIRL and begins to catch up with her that she finally realises what she has done," Dr Wah said. "By then, the damage would have been done. Too late." Once again, SAMedia can only hope that can time will heal everything more quickly and not leave fucking scars all over the place.
 
--extracted from The SmHub Times, SAMedia Publications, dated 190704