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Skater Bubbles
11-04-2005, 12:33 AM
Do you have lots of staff hooking up at your camp?
I have to say that at my camp it's quite a big thing.
speedx5xracer
11-04-2005, 12:39 AM
Big thing at my camp too.....I have my fair share of hookups under my belt. One of my close friends is practically engaged to his gf who he met our first year. A director married her bf who she met there. so yea its a big thing and some time leads to marriage.
camper
11-04-2005, 03:10 AM
yup big at my camp too!
CAMPFRIEND
11-04-2005, 11:11 AM
I think that a lot of directors don't want hook-ups at their camp. I know that it can sometimes cause a lot of problems with staff. I feel that as long as the kids don't see it I don't see it. If work habbits change than I have a problem!
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speedx5xracer
11-04-2005, 11:34 AM
I think that a lot of directors don't want hook-ups at their camp. I know that it can sometimes cause a lot of problems with staff. I feel that as long as the kids don't see it I don't see it. If work habbits change than I have a problem!
My director incourages it as long as it doesnt effect the kids or our work habbits. Her logic is a happy staffmember is a good staff member .
Indigo
11-04-2005, 11:53 AM
We don't have a whole lot of that, but occasionally a relationship will start... As long as the campers don't know, and there's no sex involved, the ad staff doesn't mind. Most of the time people follow that rule... Though the first year I was a counselor, my UL made it her goal to have sex in every unit on camp, and to seduce all the junior staff. And there were some other people who did similar things, but to a lesser degree.
rockinsmiles
11-04-2005, 12:02 PM
Hell yes. People were hooking up left and right. and its ok with me if like you guys say, campers dont see it and it doesnt effect their working habits. the thing that upset me this past summer was that the couples would go off by theirselves. which is fine and all but it kind of made communication with staff activities hard. plus some of the couples seemed to think that since the campers werent there they could be all over eachother and that the rest of the staff didnt mind. plus it causes drama which i hate and this one guy kept playing all the girls and it really started to get annoying. but that was just a few of the realationships. must of the time i dont mind them and its kind of fun to see who ends up with who when at the start they were complete strangers to eachother. and i do know about the whole "marriege" thing. quite interesting :)
ocean
11-04-2005, 01:06 PM
Definitely a lot of hookups. Except that there are only like 5 guys working at camp and the rest are girls, but yea mostly all the guys end up dating a girl from camp.
CAMPFRIEND
11-04-2005, 02:38 PM
Like I said I have no problem with it as long as it will not effect camp or the campers!
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I've never seen any of this at our camp. Although I'm sure it does happen sometimes... ;)
Skater Bubbles
11-04-2005, 06:36 PM
Ya at my camp, we have what we call a web. Which starts with one person- whoever the biggest player of the summer is and then branches out and so almost evryone is on the web. It is funny when we talk about it becuase it links all these people together, cause you went out with her, and she hooked up with him, and he kissed her and so on. I am happy to say that I have never been on the web yet!! But who knows maybe this summer...
Fallen
11-07-2005, 03:10 AM
I work at Girl Scout camps and there is always hook ups. It actually has caused problems. I have never been invovled, but I have seen that it happens a lot. The only time it never happen is when I work at day camp.
daisy
11-07-2005, 11:29 AM
we made a web this summer too... its amazing how everyone is so connected... i think there were only 5 staff not on the web out of 50ish! hookups are very common..
campCardinal
11-07-2005, 01:00 PM
Happens all the time. It's never actually happened with me though...
It causes problems usually not during the summer, but the following summer. Like, if someone breaks up during the off season it's usually pretty awkward when they return to camp in the summer.
I've also seen people turn into really crappy camp counselors because of it!
who_stole_my_loofa
11-07-2005, 10:23 PM
omg I can't count how many people I've hooked up with at camp. It is just the thing to do. A lot of people at my camp are like anti strings so people hook up one day with one person and the next day with someone else lol. We are also allowed to go to the bars on our evening time off and during our nights off and days off so that tends to spark a lot of sexual interaction too. Our admin doesn't have a problem with it as long as the kids don't know. But it frequently causes a lot of drama amongst the staff. haha
Loofa
CAMPFRIEND
11-10-2005, 01:46 PM
Loofa - I don't know how the staff at your camp do it! Going from one to another. How do the kids not find out? Counselors have to get mad at each other.
who_stole_my_loofa
11-10-2005, 04:22 PM
yeah people get mad- but a big thing is that we are a staff of 300 people so there are soooo many of us... but don't think that we don't know everyones business lol. I know it sounds like it would be major drama, but most people are very professional and the drama only happens after the kids go to bed.
Loofa
CAMPFRIEND
11-10-2005, 04:28 PM
Drama is a part of camp! if you don't know what is going on, you are out of the loop!
Flukie
11-10-2005, 06:23 PM
Oh yeah... We had no relationships that summer at camp. It was really odd. Lol. But generally there are a few going on here or there. It also can get interesting at GS camp when there are only females at camp - some people are okay with working with folks that are homosexual or bisexual, and others REALLY aren't. It leads to some interesting issues.
who_stole_my_loofa
11-11-2005, 03:41 AM
I'm not trying to open up a can of worms or anything it's just an honest question, but do GS camps tend to attract homosexual/bisexual staff because they are all female staffs or does that just tend to happen randomly? At my camp it seems like virtually no one is LGBTQ. Maybe it is just that they aren't open about it but my camp is pretty liberal so I don't know why they wouldn't be. Anyway- I'm just curious.
Loofa
Trees
11-11-2005, 03:47 AM
Yeah, I think so, to some extent--though it doesn't sound as if other all-female camps (such as wealthy private ones) do. A lot of GS camp counselors have grown up going to GS camp, and in my experience, the girls who are gay tend to stick around as campers as long as they can, because they feel safe there--and then it's a natural progression from CIT to counselor. Sometimes they bring gay friends with them. Sometimes gay women who've heard the reputation of GS camps (whether it's true at that camp or not) apply because they expect a welcoming atmosphere. And perhaps the biggest thing that happens is that a lot of women who previously identified as straight will experiment at GS camp--plenty of options, opportunity, and open minds.
S_R_Star
11-11-2005, 03:56 AM
I work at a Girl Scout camp and while i think we have had a few gay staff (they were never "out" but my gaydar read otherwise) to my knowledge we have never had any staff hooking up in my 3 years. Not to say it hasn't happened or that it wont but i have not seen it and i usually know most of the goings on being a few years older than most off the staff they usually come to me for advise.
That is about my on regret about being at a G.S camp is i would love to be at a co-ed to have a "summer romance" I just try to make up for it when i travel after :)
Sparkes
01-25-2006, 10:41 PM
God the drama! If it weren't for people hooking up, we would have had nothing to talk about besides the weather and our kids for two months!
h0dGi
01-31-2006, 09:10 AM
I am at a all girls camp (not particulary a girl scout one i dont think) and never heard about any of this stuff before.. :P i would imagine those who are close minded about it would sometimes meet like brothers of the other councillors? thats what i have been told... i dunno lol!! but it wasnt the single-gender thing that attracted to me - i just never thought about it lol
CAMPFRIEND
01-31-2006, 11:03 AM
I am at a all girls camp (not particulary a girl scout one i dont think) and never heard about any of this stuff before.. :P i would imagine those who are close minded about it would sometimes meet like brothers of the other councillors? thats what i have been told... i dunno lol!! but it wasnt the single-gender thing that attracted to me - i just never thought about it lol
I have had days that I wished that I worked at a one gender camp. When you get to be a director you are not a part of the drama anymore but I see it all summer!
camper
01-31-2006, 12:54 PM
really campfriend? not a part of the drama? my mom hates the part of her job where she has to intervene and mediate w/the drama sometimes. and not even on purpose...b/c the staff talks and thinks my mom doesn't hear them. we're all guilty of it. then someone always goes "someone told on us!" or "how did you know about that???" duh...it's called we all talk loudly and my mom has ears.
CAMPFRIEND
01-31-2006, 01:54 PM
really campfriend? not a part of the drama? my mom hates the part of her job where she has to intervene and mediate w/the drama sometimes. and not even on purpose...b/c the staff talks and thinks my mom doesn't hear them. we're all guilty of it. then someone always goes "someone told on us!" or "how did you know about that???" duh...it's called we all talk loudly and my mom has ears.
I still have to deal with it! It's just not me who has the problem!
rockinsmiles
01-31-2006, 02:39 PM
Ah camp relationship drama sucks! It is like at first "oh I wonder if they are gonna hook up." and "they are so cute together." You know things of that nature. Then it gets more complicated as the summer progresses. And I sware working around kids sometimes makes the staff act like them when it comes to boys and girls. Like having friends of a different gender is weird. haha. Yes to the campers and parents camp might seem very wholesome but if they only knew what some of the staff did/do in their off times...wow! But we are all great people...just young :D
I agree, if you are not in the loop you would have nothing to talk about. I think camp drama happens because we have such little contact with the outside world... camps like a bubble. Unfortunetly camp hook ups have been nothing but bad for me.... execpt for once and I am still super good friends with the guy.
EchoLaker
01-31-2006, 08:09 PM
Ah camp relationship drama sucks! It is like at first "oh I wonder if they are gonna hook up." and "they are so cute together." You know things of that nature. Then it gets more complicated as the summer progresses. And I sware working around kids sometimes makes the staff act like them when it comes to boys and girls. Like having friends of a different gender is weird. haha. Yes to the campers and parents camp might seem very wholesome but if they only knew what some of the staff did/do in their off times...wow! But we are all great people...just young :D
Lets face it, we are exactly that, the majority of camp staff tend to fit the 19-27 bracket, which is young ! The fact that we are surrounding ourselves with, and at times having to bring ourselves down to the levels of our kids, means that in our free time we are taking ourselves back to times where we were younger, and doing somewhat childish things !
LOL and as for the drama, you are either totally oblivious to it going on around you, or you're part of the gossip. You definately notice more as time goes on and you become more aware of who takes regular time off with who etc.
And for the girls/boys thing, it's definately noticable at the all-camp party in the younger age groups where theres a Girls Village and a Boys Village (the Senior Village where I was is co-ed), put the two villages in a room together, and they will stay split, and mostly on opposite sides of the sports hall, and this goes for their councelors too !
Surely the parents don't think as staff we are all totally angelic all the time, yes they expect us to be responsible and on the ball, and maybe they'd be a little shocked at knowing that at times we've slept in the bath in a motel in Montreal on our full night off; but they have to take comfort in the fact that we know our responsibilities and how serious they are; and provided that when we are in our on-camp time, the parents know that they would, if they were our age, do just the same on a Saturday night away from their job, knowing they don't have to roll in on a Sunday morning.
CAMPFRIEND
02-01-2006, 11:33 AM
Lets face it, we are exactly that, the majority of camp staff tend to fit the 19-27 bracket, which is young ! The fact that we are surrounding ourselves with, and at times having to bring ourselves down to the levels of our kids, means that in our free time we are taking ourselves back to times where we were younger, and doing somewhat childish things !
LOL and as for the drama, you are either totally oblivious to it going on around you, or you're part of the gossip. You definately notice more as time goes on and you become more aware of who takes regular time off with who etc.
And for the girls/boys thing, it's definately noticable at the all-camp party in the younger age groups where theres a Girls Village and a Boys Village (the Senior Village where I was is co-ed), put the two villages in a room together, and they will stay split, and mostly on opposite sides of the sports hall, and this goes for their councelors too !
Surely the parents don't think as staff we are all totally angelic all the time, yes they expect us to be responsible and on the ball, and maybe they'd be a little shocked at knowing that at times we've slept in the bath in a motel in Montreal on our full night off; but they have to take comfort in the fact that we know our responsibilities and how serious they are; and provided that when we are in our on-camp time, the parents know that they would, if they were our age, do just the same on a Saturday night away from their job, knowing they don't have to roll in on a Sunday morning.
I think that this is a great wat to look at it! Good show.
who_stole_my_loofa
02-06-2006, 04:12 AM
Ok so speaking of sleeping in a bath on nights off (hahaha by the way).....
Where is craziest place you've hooked up during camp?
Haha for me.. I once hooked up in a gazebo on lower camp not realizing that the window to the unit leader cabin looks straight into the gazebo I was in. It was a shock to find out the next day that A. everyone knew and B. the Juniors unit leader was the one who told everyone (not gonna lie, she was jealous). LAME!
CAMPFRIEND
02-06-2006, 10:44 AM
I have to say that I am not the biggest fan of camp relationships but I think that they are a part of camp. I also can say that I don’t think that it’s very cool of the UL to tell the rest of camp. What happens during your time of is for you not the whole camp. I hope that it did not get out to the campers!
Haha for me.. I once hooked up in a gazebo on lower camp not realizing that the window to the unit leader cabin looks straight into the gazebo I was in. It was a shock to find out the next day that A. everyone knew and B. the Juniors unit leader was the one who told everyone (not gonna lie, she was jealous). LAME!
we always say that if you are going to hook up go to the boat house, as a joke we didnt think people would actually go there, this summer that actually happened and a bunch of us walked in on them.
campCardinal
02-06-2006, 08:36 PM
There are certain places at our camp that are known to be hook up spots. The dock, the chapel, the pool house, etc. We just avoid these areas after the kids are asleep unless you're the one trying to use them...
the chapel!!!!!!!!!!! I would feel sooooo wrong!
CAMPFRIEND
02-07-2006, 10:20 AM
It's crazy to see how a lot of the overnight camps all have there places that we all know about!
Sparkes
02-07-2006, 10:44 AM
Ours is the gymbunk, which is always left open. It was the playhouse, but it bacame awkward for some of the couples when sr staff started partrolling, loudly, outside of it.
soccerstar2229
02-26-2006, 09:42 PM
I work at a cub scout camp where most of the staff is guys. but all the girls who work their either are already involved with a male staff member or become involved.Last summer the only way i avoided it was by convincing my best friend to pretned that we were involved all summer to scare off other staff members and even doing that i still had an entarag of staff members following me around. In fact it got so bad that one of the parents even noticed once ( the kids are young so the dads actually stay all session) i think his comment was something like how come i have never seen you without a boy by your side?
Recently well out to coffee with friends all of which are/were staff members including the camp and program director the guys made a list of who every girl was going to hook up with this summer, it was bad.
muchaprin
02-26-2006, 10:04 PM
I work at a girl scout camp so not many hook ups we have had a few problems with people fighting over the one or two guys at camp the main problem is if one of them quits a rumor always starts that he sleep with one of the other staff or something which is not alway true. and even with out the hook ups we still have plenty to talk about 30 girls all working together rumors get started
some people at my camp make predictions of whos going to hook up with who each summer. Its horrible.
speedx5xracer
02-26-2006, 11:47 PM
there is a running pool at my camp about when me and my best friend will finally hook up.... and who will get in the way.
there is a running pool at my camp about when me and my best friend will finally hook up.... and who will get in the way.
me too..... kinda.... except the guy isnt my best friend.
speedx5xracer
02-27-2006, 12:24 AM
the scary part is that our director even gets in on the jokes
Campy Measius
02-27-2006, 01:12 PM
Oh, I've made bets on when two staff would hook up (without any of the other staff knowing that I knew...) I think not only is it important that campers don't know that staff hooked up, I think it's important that the director "doesn't know", I mean in most cases we figure it out or hear about it, but I don't think it should be obvious. I think that's kind of disrespectful. I remember a few years ago, when my director caught two staff (as far as I know they were just sitting and talking when she walked up on them) but they were on duty and not in their cabins! NOT Cool!! I don't know what I'd do if I were faced with that situation! It would really suck.. she handled it really well though. (The only reason I know about it is because I saw it... kind of... )
Sparkes
02-27-2006, 01:53 PM
Man, my director is so in the know that she knows who's together most of the time before the rest of the counsellors know.
But you know, whether people have hooked up or not, campers are going to pair their counsellors off, especially when their younger. And when their older, their still going to attempt to find out everything about their counsellors personal lives. My kids paired the female counsellors with the male ones in our age group according to height and hair colour. They got a few right too (not that anyone is going to tell them!)
Campy Measius
02-27-2006, 02:08 PM
ahahah that's so true, campers are always paring counselors off. Often times I'd say "Ewww... he's my brother/cousin/long lost twin..." haha it really throw's em off...
Sparkes
02-27-2006, 02:36 PM
Well, we had the most internationally diverse group of counsellors (2 Scots, a German, me a Canadian, couple Americans, a New Zealander) so going with the whole brother/cousin/twin thing wouldn't work so well. That being said...I just may keep it in mind for this summer! (You know, we could have went with the whole brother from another mother deal, but can you imagine the questions that would follow!? ;) )
Campy Measius
02-27-2006, 02:42 PM
Oh my goodness.... FUNNY story... you'd be suprised at what campers beleive.
Two guys I worked with at camp had all the campers convinced that they were brothers (they might have said twins, I can't remember)
but one was a tall black guy with a really deep voice, who played the clarinet.
the other was this tiny little white guy (like, didn't even tan... ) with a bald head who was a cheerleader...
The whole staff went along with it, said they lived together during the year with their mom and everything....
it was so funny...
Is it wrong to lie to campers? Even if it's harmless and hilarious?
runrachrunn
02-27-2006, 03:50 PM
Oh my goodness.... FUNNY story... you'd be suprised at what campers beleive.
Two guys I worked with at camp had all the campers convinced that they were brothers (they might have said twins, I can't remember)
but one was a tall black guy with a really deep voice, who played the clarinet.
the other was this tiny little white guy (like, didn't even tan... ) with a bald head who was a cheerleader...
The whole staff went along with it, said they lived together during the year with their mom and everything....
it was so funny...
Is it wrong to lie to campers? Even if it's harmless and hilarious?
I'm personally of the belief that a lie like this is perfectly fine... I think somewhere back in the last little while we were talking about how we as staff sometimes need to do things that are fun in order to keep morale high - I think this is an example that falls under the "morale raising" category...
This is just my opinion.
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