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Thanksgiving & the
turkey dump
By:
Sean G. Turnbull
Thanksgiving
is again upon us: a holiday for turkey, stuffing and most importantly,
spending time with the people you love — or used to love.
While
Thanksgiving is primarily a time to give thanks for all we have, for some
it is also a time for the infamous “turkey dump.” The worst of the
poultry-related dumps, the turkey dump occurs when students return home
for Thanksgiving and use the weekend to end their relationships.
“Distance
can be a strain on any relationship,” explains Jane Carstens, a
relationship consultant at Hearts Canada, adding long distances are
probably a main contributor to the turkey dump phenomenon.
“You’re
out experiencing new things [and] making new friends,” she said. “Your
perspective on many things changes dramatically.”
Carstens
noted in situations where one is expanding his or her realm of
experience, changes are bound to follow, including changes to one’s
relationships.
Joel
Merrick, a bartender at The Spoke and The Wave, said he has noticed
interesting trends after what he calls “dumps-giving.”
“Last year
I saw a higher turnout of females after Thanksgiving. I think they get
rid of their male counterparts [at that time],” he said, adding he sees
more people in general hooking up with new partners after Thanksgiving.
“I just
broke up with my boyfriend,” said first-year science student Vanessa
Morihovitis. “You come to school and see a different world — it was
becoming a real chore to talk to him every day.”
Julia
Dawkins, a first-year administrative and commercial studies student,
claims she is “not worried” about getting turkey dumped by her boyfriend
of over two years. “It would be easier to deal with at university because
you’re always meeting new people.”
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