But "crying wolf" too often ends in disaster, as in the case of pop singer Yu Feng, whose boyfriend declared after her death that Yu hadn't really intended to kill herself. A young woman whose relationship is in trouble may take an overdose, from which she is saved, in order to reclaim the attentions of her boyfriend.
名歌星于楓在自殺身亡後，其男友便對外宣稱她是「假戲真作」、「弄假成真」。也有人在明知感情挽回無望的情況下，以自殺的方式，要讓對方愧疚一輩子。