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"When my boyfriend, Jamal, left for Iraq in July 2006, he ended our relationship, thinking it would be too hard. During the Christmas season, I heard he was back in town, but I didn't contact him. He IMed me one night, and we talked for hours, which was really emotional.
"The next week, he took me on dates, out to dinner, bought me chocolate ... the whole nine yards. He was trying to win me back, but I wouldn't commit because I was scared he'd hurt me again. So Jamal went back to Iraq, but two weeks after he left, I came home to a bouquet of roses. He'd ordered them online in Iraq. Since he was serious about making things right, I decided to give our relationship a second chance."--Justine, 23
"For a few months, Jim had been trying to get me back. After I'd found out that he'd told some chick that he didn't have a girlfriend, I felt like I couldn't trust him anymore. He was drunk at the time, but still, I was absolutely livid and kicked him to the curb. I forced myself to move on and went out on dates, but Jim was always in the back of my mind. He called a couple of times, but I didn't return his calls. Then on what would have been our one-year anniversary, he called and told me to look out the window. Jim is a pilot, so when I saw a plane flying overhead, I knew it was him. A banner was waving behind him with the message 'I love you. Will you be my girlfriend again?' Okay, so I'm weak.... It did the trick."--Veronica, 30
"Tom and I got into a horrible fight because I had lied to him, so he broke up with me. I was devastated, but he'd had good reason. He wouldn't speak to me, so I had no way of trying to explain myself. To get him back, I knew I needed to do something spectacular. I found out through a friend that he was going to be at a Cubs game. I despise baseball, but I thought that maybe doing something on one of those big stadium screens would be a way to get his attention. It worked! ...
Source: HighBeam Research, "The cute way we got back together"; not all breakups are done deals....