Alone again :(

Just put my beloved on a plane headed for the States this morning, it will be 3 weeks before we're together again when I fly out there to see him and then we start the process of the fiance visa for him to come back so we can get married. Having a hard time right now and just needed to vent a little. I feel a bit of a gatecrasher really as I know this forum is more for you guys from the States and not us UKC but it's the friendliest and most knowledgeable forum there is out there from what I've seen. Anyway, am off to cry in my coffee some more 

Don't feel like a gate crasher at all!! We know the pains of long distance relationships here so we understand...
vent, cry....and then start counting down the days-- it will be here soon

Aww not a gatecrasher - its the distance and keep busy and the 3 weeks will fly!

Starting the visa process will feel like forever but once complete and he is there life will feel right ;-)

Heck, I'm not American!   Really, please feel free to vent!  

You have an exciting wedding to look forward to and it is OK to cry into your coffee! The stress of separations is perfectly understandable. Hang in there! ((Hugs))  

There are plenty of Brits around here, too, so you don't have to feel out of place. Anyway, most of us are pretty tied up with the British, so we don't mind.  

Sorry you are feeling down. I've been there, and so have many of the rest of us. It's a hard time to go through, but it always makes you appreciate your loved one more once you get to be together for good. Hang in there!

You guys are so kind, thank you for the moral support and words of encouragement, my family are as wonderful as they can be but I don't think anyone understands the pain and heartache unless they've experienced it first hand    

lol at the tied to the Brits, made me smile

you can vent anytime thats what this forum is for ...so you can talk to people in your situation...but look at all the positives..it is only 3 weeks you have to wait to be with him...it could have been 6 months...3 weeks will fly by in no time and then you two are going to be working on getting the fiance visa so he can be with you before you know it..so you are almost at the end of your journey in a good place...I know it is hard when you say goodbye but in the end when you are finally together forever this will all be a distant memory..hang in there you can do this...we are all here for you

Hang in there. Start the countdown. And think of all the happy times together that you have on the horizon!

You guys are so kind, thank you for the moral support and words of encouragement, my family are as wonderful as they can be but I don't think anyone understands the pain and heartache unless they've experienced it first hand    

lol at the tied to the Brits, made me smile

Glad I could help with that!  Feel free to come around and vent anytime you like. We like having new posts to read. 

It's been a longggg day, he's STILL at work and the 5 hour time difference is a killer, I feel like a lost puppy today 

The plans are under way for the wedding now though which has given me plenty to do on top of collecting the info for his visa application lol

I'm so pleased his family are coming over for the wedding, am just wondering will they just come in on the tourist visa or do they have to apply for a particular visa? They do plan on touring the UK while here and will have hotel reservations and trains tickets booked and paid for showing their itinerary, will this suffice or can anyone see any problems when they enter if they say they are attending their sons wedding?

They can come as normal visitors. Standard rules apply...they need to show ties to the US, enough funds to cover their visit, I'd recommend travel insurance and a return ticket.

Aww I remember feeling like this and you have my sympathies, but three weeks is nothing!   I would have killed to only have three weeks between visits when DH and I were apart.   As others have said, it will fly by and then you'll get to your "happily ever after"

As I've had a lot of wonderful people on this forum tell me- Enjoy your free time!  Enjoy just worrying about you, eating what you want every night for tea, and watching what you want on TV.  I won't see my boy for another 11 weeks or so, and I'm feeling pretty good about this separation.  Sure, I'd love to talk to him more.  But, I also love that we aren't spending all of our lives on Skype- we know we'll be together soon and we're both building to be better individuals when that time comes.

Oh bless you, its so hard being away from your loved ones! My husband (who moved here on a spuose visa in October) went back to the US on June 6th aswell to do a 3 week IT bootcamp and get some certifications to help him find a job here. The minute he arrived there and the MSN ding dong went off i felt like we'd gone back in time. Im missing him loads but on the plus side i can watch hollyoaks again and its all for a good cause - him getting the certs means he'll hopefully get job, then we can move into a bigger place and start a family

I think the closer you get to your final goal the harder it seems to be to be seperated - our shortest distance apart was the 4 weeks from getting married to being together and that was by far the hardest.

Its not much longer now, a week and a half (kind of) til you see him and then he'll be here before you know it. Cry as much as you need to and keep yourself surrounded by people who can take your mind off the seperation, who can cheer you up and who can give you lots of hugs! *HUGS*

Not that I am counting down or anything but this is how long before we're back together again lol

3 days, 10 hrs, 10 mins, 01 secs