4 words, 300 miles
My girlfriend of 2 years had just started at Uni in Durham, I was in third year in London....lots of (in retrospect) vague "I'll come to London once a month or so and you come to Durham once a month" deal-mongering.

First time we try this it's me travelling to Durham, hadn't even been in her place for more than a few minutes when I get the immortal four words. Had to stick around all weekend as my return train ticket wasn't valid for the weekends. Not exactly the most fun weekend of my life.

Would have saved me a load of money (for a student) and heartache and resentment if she'd just picked up the phone and told me, AND I would have another story for a QOTW about 'have you ever been dumped by phone?'
(Thomas_The_Spankengine, Fri 20 Apr 2007, 22:37, Reply)