is it really that uncommon to cry at airports?

I suppose I sob.  When I say I'm a bawl baby, what that means to me is I tear up at (what feels like) almost anything remotely emotional.  I have always cried going through security when I was leaving dh or when I was leaving the States this last time.  I think the only time I got hysterical was when they could not find my ticket, and I was trying to leave Britain for a family funeral.  I was pretty lucky though, because the older man helping me was so sweet.  I think that may have been because with tears streaming down my face, I just kept repeating that I was trying to get to (insert important family member here)'s funeral.  He even let my husband come through with me to check my bad even though he was not going with me.  I was such a mess, having to leave here in a hurry and leaving dh behind, but wanting to be with my family. 

i fell apart every single time we left each other at airports.

i have wandered through o'hare, birmingham, manchester and laguardia airports crying obviously and unashamedly, and not once has anyone ever asked me if i was ok.

to make things worse, i always lost it all over again as soon as i got back in my car everytime i took DF to the airport to fly back to the uk. and i drove that way. that was intelligent. 

he was just as bad, though, so it's definitely not just a girly thing!

god, looking back on all the times we had to leave each other & fly acoss an ocean, i don't know how we did it. but, man, am i glad that part of our life is over!

I've cried may way through Heathrow and Manchester, cried off and on during the horrible 8 hour flights and then cried my way through O'hare. Miserable, hated it every time.

For us, it always seems that the person leaving is the first to lose it.  When DF left here in October, he lost it first, followed by me, of course.  When I left the UK in March, I was the first to lose it, followed quickly by DF (after I went through security, he went to the toilet, bawled in there until he was calm enough to drive from London to Leicester and I cried silently most of the way home). 

Whenever I go home to Texas or my mother comes to visit me here, she cries when she leaves.  I don't though.  Must just be a DF thing.  Don't know.

Me & my daughter cry when we leave my folks at the passengers only point. And then we really cry when we are seated on the plane and it hits us both. Takes about an hour or so for her to calm down and the "I miss granma"s to abate. It's tough and it sucks.

Me & my daughter cry when we leave my folks at the passengers only point. And then we really cry when we are seated on the plane and it hits us both. Takes about an hour or so for her to calm down and the "I miss granma"s to abate. It's tough and it sucks.

That's when my daughter and I cry, too, when we leave my folks at the gate.  I cry even harder to hear wee one saying she misses them in her tiny voice.

We wait till the plane takes off and wave 'bye'. 

I so hate it.

DB always waits to do his crying until I'm out of sight. He tries to not get emotional because he's trying to be strong for me. 

The first time I left DB in the UK I waited till I was around the corner out of his sight and cried. I tried to stay strong so people around me wouldnt stare. So I silently let the tears run down my face. Even when I got on the plane, I sat staring out the window and the tears wouldnt stop. I think I cried on and off the entire way home. The second time wasnt as bad, I think I dont cry around him cause his cousin is always there seeing me off as well.

I always start crying when getting to the States, and cry when we take off to come back here.

I never suffered the pain of traveling back and forth to see my future husband for a few weeks, but I can still relate. I came here to visit him, we said "f--k it" about my return flight, and a few months later we got married (he had all the right paperwork).

I live near Philadelphia and my boyfriend lives in Brixham....and I have the same problem...when my boyfriend leaves or I leave my boyfriend I always end up crying...I have just started bringing sunglasses with me because I am tired of the way people look at me....I guess there aren't that many emotional people at the airport but us who are in LDR's hehehehe

So I say it is ok to show your feelings...cry all you want....you love your BF or GF and you are being separated again for probably the thousandth time....and each time we go thru this it seems to hurt more and more....those people that want to know why we are upset have probably never experienced the kind of love we have for our significant others and that is why they can't comprehend it....but that is ok cause they are the ones I feel sorry for...because they obviously have never felt the same depth of emotion we have...

I can't tell you how many times I've cried at airports. Usually because I want to be in the UK and be in the US, both at the same time.  There are people I care about on both sides of the ocean.

I'm a very emotional person, plus was having leave my partner at the airport...one who I had been living with in England for two years, but overstayed, got caught (don't go there, I've already been raked over the coals in another section of this forum) and had to come back to the US to apply for a fiance visa properly.  I cried really hard, but had my head buried in his shoulder at the time.  He's an Englishman and was crying too!  I cried on the plane, but put my head up against the window and buried myself under the pillow and blanket so nobody would look at me.  I wasn't totally hysterically ready for a straightjacket after an 8 1/2 hour flight, but I must have looked upset because I did have several people ask me if I was okay...doh!  I know some of them were just coming to the US for business or for a vacation, but don't they know that some people are upset at leaving loved ones behind?  I guess if you aren't much of a crier, you might think somebody was a weirdo for crying, but certainly they have heard of the phenomenon...like seen it happen in a movie or something.  By the way, don't ever cry at an airport in France, which I did once, even if you have to put a bag over your head  lol

I'm a very emotional person, plus was having leave my partner at the airport...one who I had been living with in England for two years, but overstayed, got caught (don't go there, I've already been raked over the coals in another section of this forum) and had to come back to the US to apply for a fiance visa properly. 

"Raked over the coals"...? I don't think so.  I've read the posts and everyone has been very nice to you and offered as much advice as they could, given the fact that you have already submitted your application.

I understand you are going through a rough time, but in all honesty you have no one to blame but yourself.  I do wish you the best of luck though.  I know how it feels to be away from a loved one.

I learned to make sure I have tissues with me for the plane ride home. I actually had someone next to me on the plane who was crying and I silently offered her some because she didn't seem to have any. Had a nice chat after that.  She was sad to be leaving some friends.