<p>My college bf broke up with me the week before exams (Christmas break). I had already bought his Christmas present. When I went to Christmas Eve services at my hometown church, I spotted an old bf. He was a sr. in college. We talked and I called him the day after Christmas and invited him to drive with me to my college town (one hr. away) for some shopping. I didn’t tell him then (but did later) that the trip was for the express purpose of returning the break-up bf’s Christmas gift,lol. We had a great time together and kept on dating.
We got married 18 months later, been married 28 yrs. now.</p>
<p>This thread brings back memories of some of the turkeys I dated.</p>
<p><strong>note to self</strong> send Lafalum84’s dd wristguards as a holiday gift :)</p>
<p><strong>note to self</strong> send Lafalum84’s dd wristguards as a holiday gift</p>
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<p>Nope, no carpal tunnel 
. (That text count included both incoming and outgoing texts). But the excessive texting from her BF was actually what did him in… she couldn’t get him to cut back on the texting, and it was smothering her. Reminds me of that old saying, “How can I miss you if you won’t leave?” ;)</p>
<p>Two of son’s suitemates have hometown girlfriends, and I was wondering aloud whether any of them would be “turkey dropped”. Son actually knew the term and figured at least one of them probably would be. Husband was shocked that there was actually a term for it. He had been “turkey dropped” his freshman year in college by his high school sweetheart. As son has no girlfriend, he is safe. Other friends are bringing their girlfriends home for Thanksgiving. Wonder if anyone is ever turkey dropped by the college girlfriend when she comes home with them for the holidays?</p>
<p>My kids have fewer than 250 texts/month in the $5/month plan. They have only gone over once apiece in 16 months we’ve had the plan! Even then, it was fewer than 25 texts over! They also rarely talk. Maybe after the plan expires we may look into pre-paid phone plans for all of us.</p>
<p>Had not heard of “turkey drop,” or any other cute expressions for break-ups. Like “See Yule Later.” It’s cute! My breakups were more can’t deal with long distance relationships & they died fairly amicable and natural deaths when there were thousands of miles between us & we were going on with our separate lives.</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone, with your kiddos dropping the turkeys & other fowl folks in their lives.</p>
<p>This boyfriend is driving me crazy…he is a soon to be graduate and wants my daughter to get an apartment with her friends (I suspect so he has a place to go a few nights a week). I suggested that she reconsider taking loans to get an apartment because she would be faced with those loan payments upon graduation. Just get the degree and the job and feel free to move whereever you would like. As you could tell my daughter commutes to school. We will not fund off campus housing for many reasons but we would support the idea of her moving out and taking a leave of absence from school. The idea of almost 30 hours of work a week (the hours needed to move out on her own) and school do not mix when you need to consider laundry, meals, appointments, and the biggie… studying. This boyfriend has so much to say yet none of it is in my daughters best interest. She lives her own life while living in the parental house…school, work, sorority, weekends away and seeing friends. When he suggest the apartment thing I just want to scream because my daughter is loan adverse and so am I right now. He is still in and my daughter becomes a nervous wreck when he is here…I just wish he would go back to school already.</p>
<p>I would love to tell him to mind his own business…I will keep my mouth shut.</p>
<p>For religious balance, how about the Hannukah heave-ho?</p>
<p>LOL…</p>
<p>or… Dreidel Drop</p>
<p>or…“Me norah need you no more.”</p>
<p>Packmom, What a sweet “how we met” story. It just goes to show the silver lining of a turkey drop or tinsel toss or whatnot is that they are left free to meet the right person.</p>
<p>OMG. I can barely type. S has dropped the turkey!! Can you say A-MEN?? He finally had enough and said it’s over!! Poor kid had a rough few weeks…but we hope that now he can start to look ahead. (And we are secretly giving high-fives and knuckles!!) Just can’t believe it literally happened on TG weekend.</p>
<p>Was this the high maintenance gf? Good for him (and you)!</p>
<p>1down12go… High maintenance is tough to deal with. The turkey drop theory works again!!!</p>
<p>1down12go, yah, for your S. Hope he’s not upset and most of all hope he will stand strong with his decision even if the gf begs him to reconsider.</p>
<p>S1 and his long time(3 yrs) h.s. gf broke up in Oct. of senior yr. I’m not sure who did the breaking up. He never said but I suspect it was him, Anyhow, she showed up on our doorstep Christmas Eve night with a card and their prom picture with some gooey stuff written inside…trying hard to use Christmas and old times to get him back.
I was so afraid he would cave in but he didn’t thank goodness. She was high maintenance and he had devoted most of his high sch. life to her.</p>
<p>rom828: yes this was the HMGF. This was a crazy weekend for sure…details on my high maintenance thread. 
thanks for the support.</p>
<p>packmom: that is our concern exactly…we are praying for him to be strong and resist what will surely be many attempts to contact him, especially now that she thinks he may finally be DONE! (That’s been her pattern) We know how hard it is for him because he still cares about her, but he also knows this isn’t healthy. Your son’s story gives me encouragement!</p>
<p>momma-three: hang in there…I think kids do actually consider our opinions when push comes to shove. If your D’s BF comes on too strong and smothering she will surely make the right choice. It just stinks having to wait and watch until it happens.</p>
<p>I know there’s no guarantee this is the last we have heard from HMGF, but boy oh boy, am I ever hopeful!! (fingers and toes crossed so hard they’re numb)</p>
<p>Remind your son that he could block her on his cell phone…just call the cell phone company and put her number on block. He could also defriend her on facebook. The combo of the two will make the message loud and clear. I hope he keeps busy with the end of the semester right around the corner and finals approaching. </p>
<p>I am hoping for the winter break drop now so my daughter could do her crying and hopefully move on. It would be my Christmas present to see this end. I wish I could repeat here what this kid did over the break but considering I told two friends who I know are also on CC… I can’t. Lets put it this way he just has a way of making my daughter feel like he is so above her in every way. It simply is not true and this past weekend my three sons all of whom have done very well academically and on the professional scene already, just shook their heads and wanted to tell him to fly a kite. I am glad I am not the only one to see this because now it seems like everyone in the family and extended family see it. He is such a pretentious fool that seems like he wants a beauty on his arm for eye candy.</p>
<p>My D is a HS senior- been dating BF since March of 10th grade-he is a freshman 20 minutes away-NO turkey drop- they continue to see each and she is thinking about going to the same college- I think that she needs to make this decision-Her grandmother is so upset!! We do like him and he is very good to her. I just think that they need some separation- His father and I have told them both this-</p>