I am in a relationship with a beautiful intelligent woman that continues to actively stare down men who are strangers to her. She engages in this habit openly and without shame any where we are. It is at the very least - embarrassing. I've brought it to her attention many times and she discounts my comments by telling me I am imagining it or she was looking at the wall, or the painting or the ........
I didn't realize this was a form of gaslighting. It is almost solely responsible for a breakdown in our relationship. I stopped being interested in taking her out because of this nasty habit and am about to end the relationship.
What in the world drives someone to blatantly do this knowing it can end an otherwise good relationship?!"
How stupid was that guy?
Just some stories:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/node/4831/comments#comment-76181
Gas lighting is sorta' kinda' like "porn" imo... hard to discribe... but easy to spot if you see it?