Saying Goodbye

[PlayingPretend]

So I'm home from dropping my boyfriend off at the airport, and I'm a mess. This was his second time out to see me, but this was probably the harder goodbye - admitted by the both of us. I realise it's natural to be upset, and I realise all I can really do is wait it out, each day it'll get easier, blahblahblah, and I'm sitting here trying to bear in mind that I'll be seeing him again in late August, as I'll be visiting him in England, but ish... Anyone else been in the position of seeing off a long-distance partner? How did you deal with it? What were some comforts you used to feel better? I have therapy tomorrow morning, and I should be going out with a friend over the weekend. What I'm dreading most is going to sleep alone tonight and waking up alone tomorrow morning for the first time in two weeks. I might have a "sleep over" with my sister. I guess I'm just curious as to what others in the same or a similar situation have done to feel better. Anything and everything is appreciated, as I feel I'll need it to get me through the weekend, because christ, I've never felt so hollow, so empty and like I'm missing a large part of me in a long, long time.

[PSY]

*hugs* This happened to me all the time during the first year of my relationship. It sucks, because I have a 100+ mile drive home after saying good-bye to my boyfriend... I can't cry and drive at the same time! And even now, almost four years into the relationship, I want to get one last kiss, wave one last time, before I drive away. Sometimes, I leave 30 minutes later than I intended to, because I simply can't say good-bye!

One word: humor. Watch a funny television show or movie, listen to a funny radio program, read a book or article written by a comedian, take part in some hilarious shenanigans with a few close friends, etc. Seriously, humor is the best way to combat these sorts of feelings.

[PlayingPretend]

Thank you.

Last night was really hard. I wasn't able to get to sleep until around 5am, simply because everytime I went to lie down, I ended up in tears. I ended up watching episodes of Family Guy until my boyfriend called to talk to me for a few minutes (letting me know he'd landed safely) and his voice was a comfort enough to finally get to sleep, plus by that point I was dead tired. But I agree that humour is a great way to beat such feelings, so I'm going to deck myself in silly (perhaps somewhat stupid ) but humourous TV shows and kid's movies. Gotta love kid's movies for when you're feeling blue. As you can tell, I'm feeling a little bit better at the moment. It's still painful, but I've managed to keep myself busy/distracted today thusfar.

Also, it's nice to know I'm not the only one who's been here. <3

[*~Circus Clown~*]

Hey hun.

Your definately not the only one who's been there. I was there once, we met up 3 times and everytime was hard for its own reasons. I remember one plane ride home the song, "Big Girls Don't Cry" came on the plane radio and i chucked my head phones and said, Oh yes they do! Its hard, it really is. Even like Robin said, even when your not countries apart, its still hard to say goodbye.

What I've found to work is engrossing myself in something, painting, or even singing as loud as I can to any song on the radio, and trust me, I'm so not good. Find something to do that will keep your mind off of it. Like Robin said, funny TV programs are good. Funny movies might be good too because then later on, when you and him talk on the phone you can tell him about this movie that he just needs to see, and it might bring up his spirits a bit too! Its a win win.

I hope things went well with therapy, and I hope she was able to give you some help with the situation as well. Therapy can really be an awesome thing. Take care!