Yup. This time was so worse than the last separations because this was the "for real" deployment one. :tears

I'm just not a crier by nature, so this was big for me. Hell, I think I'm still in the potential crying stage... I just hope it doesn't sneak up on me in the middle of class or something. :sadeyes

Anyone else not really a crier? Is it harder at some times than others? Can I look forward to crying straight through this deployment?! I just feel so emotionally off, I'm afraid it's possible.

Any thoughts are appreciated. :hugs to everyone who has to deal with this part of the forum.

OMG sweetie :hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs I am so sorry you are crying so much. I went through the same thing. The night he left I cried for 5 hours straight. Then he called me and I hung up the phone and cried for 2 more hours. I was crying and saying to myself, "i never knew I could cry this much." Look forward to having days where you cry for no freaking reason at all. You just start to cry and you think to yourself, why the hell am I crying? I am not much of a crier myself so I know how you are feeling. We can all get through this. If you need someone to talk to I am not far. PM me if you want.

I'm so sorry sweetie having them leave is never easy. :hugs I cant relate to you cuz personally I am a crier lol. I'm an emotional person and crying actually helps me calm down and feel better sometimes. If you feel like crying cry... I hope the time goes by fast for you. :hugs :goodvibes :goodvibes

Our first deployment happened not to long ago. Im pretty good about containing my crying when I need to but I think if you need to cry about it go ahead and cry. Im suprized at how much easier this is for me than I thought it would be. I do have my moments when I miss him so much but they pass quickly and my normal life returns.

For me each deployment has gotten easier. The first one I cried the whole way through. THe second one I cried a lot but not as much as the first. The third I cryed but not nearly as much as I did the second and first. This one I rarely cry. I have my moments when I break down but they are few and far between. You'll get through it. Just concentrate on each day bringing you closer.

i am a crier! i cried so much the day he left and the first week he was gone...that was the worst. now i have my moments, mostly when we get off the phone because it hits me hard how much i really do miss him..but it's okay to cry. you will get used to things and cry less but some crying is deffinently going to happen! hang in there :hugs :hugs

Usually I will cry after I've dropped him off and I've gotten home. I mean I'll cry a little bit saying goodbye, but I can usually hold it back. Once I get home though, I just break down. Usually because I'm sad, tired and because the house is so empty. Just me and our kitty cats.

oh hun :hugs
hang in there darlin :hugs

:hugs Oh joy. I'm trying to give myself time to cry, but it's being finicky... But so far no crying in the last while, so that's good. I'm sure there will definitely be times though. I'm trying to just let it out when I need to. We'll see how that goes.

I don't think I've ever cried for more than like an hour, maybe two, though. So I suppose I'm still doing good on the scale of things.

Thanks all. I'm already looking forward to time flying, and I think that's helping a lot.

I'm not really a crier normally, but on the day DB deployed I BAWLED. And it all would just happen at random times during the day. We had gone into Wendy's to eat, and all the sudden I just lost it and we had to go out to the car to eat:( lol.

I'm doing pretty good now, I get stressed and upset somedays but overall I'm ok. HOWEVER lol I find myself crying during a lot of different tv shows or movies that I never used to cry at !:) It's like, why am I crying for this? I guess it just comes with the territory:S