<p>oh, no, we had Spring Break Up last year. Would have preferred See Yule Later because that stretch in between was murder.</p>
<p>I must admit, did not experience this with my two daughters. Older one was not dating anyone when she left for college. Younger one had a HS boyfriend. They were the same age/grade, but she graduated a year early at the end of junior year and so he still had senior year to go when she left for college 6 hours away. As much as my D liked her BF and it was a lovely relationship, she thought it quite unrealistic to keep dating when she was not going to be home hardly ever (she is never home for the summer and tends to come home the equivalent of 2 weeks per year) and she wanted to be free to experience college life without being tied to a BF back home. So, right before leaving for college, she explained this to BF. I am proud of her decision actually and it made good sense. I know for him it was hard as he was happy to continue on (it wasn’t like he was leaving for new experiences in college) and really was into their relationship. She went onto college and had boyfriends continually throughout college but has remained friends with the HS boyfriend and saw him when she was here in August (five years later). He went to college in our state. She is in another relationship but has remained friends with past boyfriends.</p>
<p>I thought you were talking about the infamous WKRP in Cincinnati turkey drop.</p>
<p>We had “See Yule Later” a couple of years ago…for D, so hard then, but now she says SO the right move. :)</p>
<p>I’ll admit that I broke up with a guy over Thanksgiving break once - after 6 years of dating him. We dated all throughout undergrad. It was a horrible relationship and I didn’t even like the guy, yet alone love him. I had tried to do it before but he always managed to weasel me out of it. I was constantly trying to find the courage to break up with him… literally for years… The longer I waited, the harder it got… It was always something that stopped me from doing it… I had worked up the courage to do it once before and just as I was about to do it his grandmother died… so I figured the timing wasn’t quite “right” (if there is a right time for a breakup, that is)… I had put up a front for years… and he started talking about wanting to marry me… and finally I had had (is that right? two had’s in a row?) enough and finally decided to stand up for myself. The moment he came home for T-giving break (he was in graduate school at the time) I went over to his house and broke up with him, in person, on the spot. Best decision I ever made in my life. I decided on that day that I was going to live my life the way that I wanted to live it… not the way anyone else expected me to. Haven’t regretted it a day since…</p>
<p>I had dated a guy after him for about a year and a few months, with whom I shared a blockbuster online account with. I tried to log in with our password and it didn’t work, I texted him that our password was not working and asking if he changed it and he wrote back that we were done. I was like really… you couldn’t dump me THEN change our password. That was even slimier then just doing it by text! I’ve never heard of anyone else being dumped by password change!! I’ve never seen anything so childish!! That was a REALLY rough breakup. </p>
<p>Finally have a nice, mature, responsible, caring guy. Hopefully this one lasts. I’m not rushing it, and I’ll let it take its course… whatever that may be. If it’s meant to be, it will be. All I can say is, I’ve never been happier. :)</p>
<p>Christmas breakups are awkward because money has already been spent on gifts.</p>
<p>Thanksgiving is better.</p>
<p>D1 broke up with BF just after the second thanksgiving away at school–sophomore year. That Christmas would have been 3 years. She realized upon driving the 6 hours back from Thanksgiving that the relationship was over and she was done. That Monday she called me and said she needed to do it, and I said wait until she could do it in person over Christmas. She said no, that she had to do it now before he spent serious money on Christmas. I saw her point. So there were several long calls and that was that. She never looked back. He was home struggling with community college and life. Nice kid, but had not matured the way she had. Now she is dating a grad student. ONLY PROBLEM IS, SHE IS NOW IN THE CAR WITH HIM DRIVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION 8 HOURS TO SPENT THANKSGIVING WITH HIS FAMILY :(. But we like him and he is a great guy. And hopefully he will be at our house for Christmas. Live goes on…</p>
<p>I vote for See Yule Later. Best laugh of the day here.</p>
<p>For religious balance, how about the Hannukah heave-ho?</p>
<p>I’ve heard of several who break up before the winter holidays (christmas/hannukah) and get back together after valentines day, thereby avoiding the gifts. Um, not cool.</p>
<p>I like the Channukah heave ho too! Hmm. I hope my husband doesn’t get wind of that trick…I am expecting both a Christmas present and a Valentine’s Day present. LOL></p>
<p>momma-three,
The unfortunate fact is if your D. let bf to be on a way of high priority events than she will let other things to be on a way in absence of bf. I do not think the problem is bf. Your D. needs to rethink her priorities. If something is priority #1, it should always be priority #1, no matter what. In addition, it could be beneficial to their relationship, maybe bf will realize that he cannot exersize his controling tendencies on your D.</p>
<p>Miami…Those are my exact words always. “where are your priorities?” I still hope there is a turkey drop.</p>
<p>I think my son deserves to be turkey dropped. He has a very nice young woman he is involved with. He is a bit “full of himself” as his sister would say. A breakup might humble him.</p>
<p>D gave her BF the Halloween Heave-Ho. </p>
<p>How about the Santa Ho-Heave-Ho for Christmas?</p>
<p>^^ We had hoped for a halloween breakup…pumpkin drop? No such luck here. In fact S is planning a date tomorrow. -sigh- Holiday Hurl? (I know I feel like hurling ;)</p>
<p>Ugh…Thanksgiving over but the boyfriend is still in the picture…Winter break drop???</p>
<p>Just looked through our cell phone usage records, looking at D’s line (thank heavens for $10/month unlimited texting!)</p>
<p>9/2 - 10/2 - averaged 412 texts per day
10/2 - 11/2 - averaged 321 texts per day (she broke up with her BF on 10/23)
11/2 - 11/25 - averaged 49 texts per day</p>
<p>Yes, this Halloween Heave-Ho was a good thing!</p>
<p>Lafalum,
Wow, I must say, boyfriend or not, that is an incredible number of texts per month: 12,360! It’s practically one text per waking minute.</p>
<p>In any case, it is obvious that the discontinuation of their relationship has had a RADICAL effect on her phone usage and ultimately her TIME! It is more normal now. It was an alarming amount before!</p>
<p>wow wow wow, that is quite a lot.</p>
<p>just a carpal tunnel case waiting to happen.</p>