hypersonic Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Is anyone else with me on this? You get off a flight, go to wait for your luggage and have to sit there watching all the couples so happy to see each other and on the other hand it's just .... me. I'm not miserable being alone, although it's not my favorite thing, but this particular scene just seems to stab me in the heart.
Gulf-Delta Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Try working at one. Here's an even better one. Not only have the only times I've ever flown on an airliner were with my ex, but I actually took her flying on one of our first dates (pilot), and I still have to fly that plane every once in a while for flight training :/ Yeah...
Author hypersonic Posted July 7, 2012 Author Posted July 7, 2012 That's true...didn't think of that. I know everyone says this but this just isn't how I envisioned my life turning out.
Gulf-Delta Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 That's true...didn't think of that. I know everyone says this but this just isn't how I envisioned my life turning out. Well, I planned on spending the rest of my life with my ex....so did she...it sucks but life has a way of throwing you curveballs.
Trimmer Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Believe me, like you, I have plenty of bitterness toward my ex and the Charlie-Foxtrot I've been through in my life, but I love exactly the thing you hate about airports. In spite of the fact that I'm not one of them, I love seeing people reconnect, seeing them saying their difficult goodbyes. What, would I feel better with the idea of living in a world where everything has turned as cold as my relationship did? Hell no - I want to know that it's possible, even if not for me. I want to know that at least other people are getting it right.
carhill Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Probably the most poignant recent example for myself was walking through the otherwise deserted TSA exit doors last week in my local airport at 1:30 am from a delayed flight and seeing a few families staring past me waiting for the first glimpse of their loved ones. I've always been a self-sufficient traveler and my family is dead so I've been through airports and my local hundreds of times and have experienced that (the airport 'reunion') only a handful of times. Overall, though, I don't hate airports....they've been the gateway to some wonderful life adventures over the decades.
SerCay Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Believe me, like you, I have plenty of bitterness toward my ex and the Charlie-Foxtrot I've been through in my life, but I love exactly the thing you hate about airports. In spite of the fact that I'm not one of them, I love seeing people reconnect, seeing them saying their difficult goodbyes. What, would I feel better with the idea of living in a world where everything has turned as cold as my relationship did? Hell no - I want to know that it's possible, even if not for me. I want to know that at least other people are getting it right. I like the way you think!! I hope in a couple of months I will be able to see these families and feel this too...for the time being..I have to agree with the OP unfortunately..
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