Comments on: #154. Breaking up after a retreat.

By: Greg Carrick

Greg Carrick — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:58:38 +0000

oh yeah…. 30 years ago my gf dumped me at a camp for a guy who had a CAR. It didn't just break my heart, it nuked it!
Who'd ever be young again?

By: ChelseaN

ChelseaN — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:21:39 +0000

HAHAHAHAHA. True!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:03:30 +0000

My name is Brian, and this almost-exact conversation happened with me in high school.

If you are stalking me, sir, I would respectfully ask you to stop. Unless my life is just giving you scads of good blog material. In which case carry on.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:41:32 +0000

I remember going on a missions trip the summer before my senior year of high school and, through various events, decided that I was going to break up with my girlfriend when I got home from the trip. As soon as I got home and saw her face, I couldn't do it. I felt guilty about it for the longest time too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:06:45 +0000

This blog entry made me laugh so much because this happened to me when I was in high school. My boyfriend went to church camp, called me when he got back, dumped me, and then was dating a friend of mine (would went to the camp with him) a week later.

I'm glad I can laugh about it now because it broke my heart then!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:32:40 +0000

Ya well that happened to me yesterday. My girlfriend said the God told her to break up with me. She says she still loves me. I am heart-broken.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:57:47 +0000

Haha! this actually happened on my senior trip (I went to a Christian high school), and there were many factors leading to the breakup. But we definitely broke up hundreds of miles from home.
for retreat hookups, there's always the "one-on-ones", having deep conversations at 11pm with that older guy in the youth group you secretly had a crush on. Priceless.

By: Glen

Glen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:55:00 +0000

On a related note, http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001356.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:50:00 +0000

ah, yes… trips. i started a erlationship while on a youth group trip (actually lasted a year and a half, go figure), and then in college, i was the one staying at home while my boyfriend broke it off because of a girl he went on a mission trip with- and was dating by the time they got home (the dean of religious life’s little sister). that lasted two and a half weeks, then he was feeling bad and back apologizing to me.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:01:00 +0000

This was hillarious! Someone commented on people going on missions/retreats hoping to meet their future spouses. This is too funny for me- because one of my good friends ended up doing this. She was not intentially looking for a boyfriend, but probably saw him “feeding the hungry children” or something and they ended up happily married a year and a half later!
The Christian group I attend at college (InterVarsity Christian Fellowship) has also been known to occasionaly promote the organization by saying that many people have found their future spouses within it. This is usually said jokingly, but it’s kind of true- I know of at least 4 couples from our chapter alone!
If you haven’t already, maybe you could do a blog on how people use their church/Christian organization as a dating service, because I see this happen a lot!