your final farewells

[Lord_Panzer]

Last time I remember nearly crying at something resembling a goodbye was when I finished watching Band of Brothers. At the end when Winters is talking about the letter he got. It nearly got me. Nearly.

As far as actual goodbyes go, no, not really. The only reason I'd cry at something like a funeral would be from seeing everyone else cry. I'm really quite Stoic otherwise.

 

[quack35]

My best friend died in 2004. That was the worst year of my life.

 

[Trivun]

we've all done it once, we've said goodbye to something that's affected us so badly that it tears us apart. i myself just wrote one to the first person i ever loved, who will be leaving in 2 months, and i intend to give it to her then. its emotionally shook me

now escapist, i ask you, what has been the most emotional goodbye for you

and yes, this can be anything, even if its game or *shudder* celebrity related, i would just like to know your experiences

Mine is similar to yours, the first girl I actually loved, I said goodbye to her without telling her how I felt. We haven't seen each other since, but we stayed penpals and as it happened she told me afterwards by letter that she loved me. We tried a long distance relationship (she lives in Scotland and I... don't), but it didn't really work, and every time we tried to meet up it failed for different reasons. We're still friends though, which is always a good thing

 

[vampirekid.13]

we've all done it once, we've said goodbye to something that's affected us so badly that it tears us apart. i myself just wrote one to the first person i ever loved, who will be leaving in 2 months, and i intend to give it to her then. its emotionally shook me

now escapist, i ask you, what has been the most emotional goodbye for you

and yes, this can be anything, even if its game or *shudder* celebrity related, i would just like to know your experiences

first love...only love....the 3rd goodbye (we dated like 5 times, before finally breaking it off)

i think i cried for a good week. i stopped talking to people, my friends were worried as hell...

 

[WilliamWhite1]

I don't think I've ever really had an emotional farewell.

Haven't had to. Someone dying didn't really shake me up at all, because I hardly knew them and I wasn't afraid to admit it. Until someone truly close to me does die, I won't have to.

 

[DinosaurSnack]

When my grandfather died about 4 years ago. What really hit me was that I did not spend so much time with him as my dad is in the military and we always lived 6 hours or more away. So when my mom wanted us to go out shopping for suits I knew what was going on and three days later he passed away. I have never cried so much in my entire life, and you don't get to not cry at a funeral.

 

[sky14kemea]

saying goodbye to a friend i made on holiday, because i knew there was no way we'd see each other again
i drew her a picture, i was only little XD

 

[jasoncyrus]

To be honest it depends on what you've lost.

Human life? Doesn't bother me at all. I'm cynical and imagine having lost the people i love every day so when it eventually does roll around...doesn't bother me that much.

But data loss just before you are due to backup 400 gigs of info...nothin prepares you for such an epic life shattering data disaster like that, even if you envision it every day.

I almost cried my eyes out when i lost my first BIG hard drive, had taken me months to acumulate that 150gigs of tv shows, music and movies. (I was young and had 4mb broadband, bite me).

Still almost brings a tear to my eyes when i think about that first big HDD failure.

 

[Sneaky Paladin]

only people that have mattered to me are going to hell since I promised god some of my time will be spent in purgatory if they just go straight to hell.

it will be worth it

 

[Hobofisherman]

Some girl I met for the weekend and completely fell for and had to go back home. The best part was, she then told me she was only 13. Bricks were shat, and tears came freely. I mean, a 13 year old with a 34 DD chest.... someone up there doesn't like me! Hahahaah xD

If there's grass of the field, play ball.

And get 14 years in the clink.... xD

 

[TopHatTim]

we've all done it once, we've said goodbye to something that's affected us so badly that it tears us apart. i myself just wrote one to the first person i ever loved, who will be leaving in 2 months, and i intend to give it to her then. its emotionally shook me

now escapist, i ask you, what has been the most emotional goodbye for you

and yes, this can be anything, even if its game or *shudder* celebrity related, i would just like to know your experiences

i moved from my girlfriend and 2 guys whom were considered brothers to me and vice versa.
andthat move was from canada to england...yeah big move.
and i loved that town...

 

[ae86gamer]

People always say I'm weird for this but.. When I first got into a car accident with my first car I cried. Cried like a baby. I loved that car. I put countless hours into the car, fixing it, putting in a turbo, getting the power windows to work.

After I found out the car had to be junked I cried even more. I took the keys from it and have kept them hanging in my room ever since. Saying goodbye to that car was a very sad moment for me.

 

[meece]

My cat.

Most awesome cat ever and we'd had him my entire life (we got him before I was even born), an outdoors cat who enjoyed killing small furry things (I doubt many cats have ever killed moles!), reptilian things (snakes) and feathered things. BUT who also was incredibly sociable and loved being near people.

For example whenever either me or my sister was crying he would always come over and meow to try and cheer us up (maybe....though it might have been because he didn't like the noise or something ¬_¬ )

He died this year (he had a tumour) and it still upsets me, the closest I've come to crying for years.

 

[Unstoppable Wall]

The death of my grandfather, never really got over it, one of the few people that i know cared,R.I.P. gramps, i miss ya

 

[solidstatemind]

I really am sorry for those of you who have not yet experienced sorrow. It's the other side of the coin, and I promise you, even if it sucks while you are in the moment, you will never know true joy until you know true anguish.

I think the inability to say farewell may be even more difficult than making a farewell: at least you get a sense of closure when you get to say goodbye. When my father died was the worst day of my life. We had had a fractious relationship (to say the least) when I was growing up, but we had made amends and I had grown to respect and admire him deeply.

It was very sudden, and... well, I was at a friends house (playing D&D of all things) when I got the call. I still remember my friends not knowing how to deal with it: me, this 6'4" dude, ex-(American) football player, sobbing so intensely that I collapsed...

But the true ***** of it is, as a guy, there is nothing in the world that fucking slams home the reality of your own mortality more than looking down at your father laying in a casket before you.

 

[AceDefective]

I was sad that, that dude in the suede left TGWTG.com

 

[Pimppeter2]

I don't cry.

I battle-cry. Emotions are for the weak.

XD HHAHAH