Is the curse true?

Okay, I need your help on this. A knitting buddy (who shall remain nameless) has a new guy friend. She wants to knit him a sweater for Christmas, but is reluctant to do it because she's heard of the Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater. Have you ever fallen prey to the curse? Do you believe it's true? Feel free to leave a post to share your story. For the record, I'm not saying that I believe in curses, but I will say that I made a sweater for a boyfriend once and yes, he dumped me!

Please vote in my little mini-poll here and let's help this knitting sister out!