My Big Fat Greek Breakup
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Maya Kroth had her future all planned out: she and her boyfriend would move to Greece, where his family was from, they'd settle down in a beautiful village, lead an idyllic expat existence, maybe grow artichokes.
But that vision was shattered when the couple split up. No matter how good her life was, Maya just couldn't shake the breakup, or the loneliness she was left with.
Then, she took a trip to a small town in Greece. Alone.
What happened there would change her perspective on the breakup — and on how to find happiness.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories in the outdoors. |
| 0:15.6 | You've probably heard some version of the old Jewish proverb that goes, we plan, God laughs. |
| 0:23.4 | Our next story is kind of like that. It's about what happened when one woman found herself |
| 0:28.8 | alone in Greece after life took an unexpected turn. Producer Maya Kroath brings us the story. |
| 0:37.6 | Have you ever tried to swim and cry at the same time? |
| 0:42.3 | It's harder than it sounds. |
| 0:44.7 | You have to really fight for those tears because your body knows that swimming is supposed to be fun. |
| 0:51.6 | Unless you're drowning, I guess. |
| 0:58.1 | Like maybe you're actually drowning or just figuratively drowning because the guy you thought you were going to marry left you and married somebody else |
| 1:03.1 | 151 days later in a bar in San Diego. Just like, for instance, it feels even more ridiculous to cry while you're |
| 1:14.3 | doggie paddling through some of the clearest, bluest water you've ever seen on a white |
| 1:19.8 | sand beach in Greece with nobody else on it. Something you might appreciate more if you |
| 1:25.0 | didn't feel so all alone. |
| 1:38.3 | I only knew two words in Greek because they were the only words he taught me. |
| 1:41.3 | Agapimu, my love. |
| 1:46.8 | I always thought my first time in Greece would be with him. His mom was Greek, and I was always bugging him to apply for citizenship himself. Get an EU passport, I'd say, so we can run off |
| 1:53.2 | and spend the rest of our lives like growing artichokes in a little Mediterranean village like this |
| 1:58.0 | one. I had it all planned out. I'm a Virgo with a little bit of OCD. |
| 2:06.1 | Since I was little, planning has been my thing. It was the way I tamed the anxiety of being a person |
| 2:12.3 | in the world. It gave me a sense of control. Decide what you want, make a plan, make it happen. Whether I was looking for a job, roasting a chicken, or managing a relationship, it was simple math. Plans plus action equals happily ever after. |
| 2:32.2 | Agapie Moo. Didn't have much use for those words now. He was gone with his dad jokes and his |
| 2:39.2 | perfect nose and his dumb blue eyes. And I was here, off on a new adventure, living the life he said |
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