Originally Posted by kathy_shaw1:
“I agree NDD he absolutely did give Georgia a lot of confidence & now I think she is going to fly!!!! not to take that away from him but it was her own ability that he brought out - I think any of the pros would have done that! But for us of course it was a love story so we loved him for that! I think she has paid a price though for having him as her partner!
Only Georgia knows whether she would rather have loved & lost or not have loved at all????
I agree with everything you said bless you' but you are a man' some of us women get a little more emotionally involved than we should' we all know who we are!!! One other thing I might say as well is Georgia definitely upped Gio's profile quite a lot too!
I understand why all the lads on here have gone bit quiet, it's not really a mans thing to analise love affairs & there breakups ha! Hopefully once strictly starts & Georgia moves on BAT you will come back & give us all your lovely opinions about things x”
Ouch! I think Brian, NDD and the other chaps have given some great analysis. I do understand what you are saying Kathy, but I'm not sure we can generalize into male and female viewpoints - I agree with a lot of what they've said.
For what it's worth (and this isn't in response to your post Kathy - just generally), I think it's as unfair to demonize Gio as it is to romanticize him - and the tide seems to have turned from one to the other. Personally, whilst I have quite firm views now on his suitability (or rather, not!) as a boyfriend, I'm following Humpty's advice and and trying to look at them separately now. That doesn't mean that i'm not interested in whether they interact with each other etc (eg I really hope he wishes her luck for Monday - not on social media - but privately. I hope things are civil enough for that).
I don't wish Gio ill (though I do hope he looks back and regrets it one day!). I'm not impressed with his timing in the break up - (though as others have said, there's never a good time really), and there are other things that I'm not particularly impressed with at all (but actually his silence on social media isn't really one of them) but I am looking forward to seeing him on Strictly again. Whether this makes me shallow that I can still enjoy him in that way, I don't know - but I'm choosing to think that I'm getting perspective on it and looking at him as I should have done if I'd not got so bloody over-invested in the first place!
One thing I don't get at all is the viewpoint where people want him to do badly or get booted out first - almost as some kind of punishment. This feels totally alien to me. That doesn't mean I'll necessarily actively support him and Laura - I don't know who I'll support yet, it usually takes me a few weeks to find a favourite - but I suspect it won't be them, though I'm looking forward to their dances (whilst, as I said earlier, being prepared to wince at interactions that flashback to the GG journey last year). Whilst it probably won't be that I'll vote for them, I've certainly not got anything against her either.
My sympathies in the break up naturally tend towards Georgia as I can see how heartbroken she is, and how the rug was pulled from under her feet. But that doesn't mean that I wish him ill.
