<p>Hmm...might be a weird question, but I'm afraid I'm going to start BAWLING when my parents leave. Is this normal?! I don't want to start college off on the wrong foot, but I'm afraid I'll be too sappy to party or get excited the first couple nights...!</p>
<p>Its perfectly fine. It's the realization that you are growing up and become independent and full of emotions.</p>
<p>Just enjoy those next few years, as they will go by quickly.</p>
<p>I cried. My roommate cried. A lot of people cry. Maybe walk outside with your parents, let your emotions run wild, and take your time walking back to your room. You'll gain some composure, and people will understand if you are still sniffling. </p>
<p>As for the sappiness getting in your way the first few days-- it should work itself out. You'll feed off the excitement of others, and probably be too exhausted to focus on any loneliness/homesickness. And even if you do end up feeling sad, don't worry about it. It's just a day or two out of your whole college experience, and I'm sure plenty of others are feeling the same way.</p>
<p>Hmmm, I'll cry when my parents leave, I'll cry first day of classes (really good friend flying to Texas for air force basic then service for 20 years), and I'll cry three weeks later on 9/11 (lost an aunt). If my roomies think I'm wierd they'll either have to get over it or we'll have problems. I am normally not emotional. But there are somethings that do make me cry. From what I hear though, homesickness is normal. I went away for a summer program 2 years ago, and I saw lots of people crying as parents left, and many more crying on the phone to their parents as they got homesick. So I'm hoping I won't be too odd. I figure, since everything emotional for me happens in those first few weeks, if I want to keep things private, I can blame homesickness</p>
<p>Off topic, but hello there fellow New Hampshire-ite. :)</p>
<p>Off topic as well, but hi, I'm your neighbor! (Vermont)</p>
<p>I'm your neighbor too (Maine), and I'll definitely cry when my parents leave. No shame in it- it's hard and sad, and I think that it's very common :).</p>
<p>Crying is a good thing, and you may be brave at first, but let it out!!! I ry watchin Extreme Makeover, Home Edition...and believe me, if you cry, no one will care or notice, everyone will be so involved with everything and tired and excited and emotional, anyone else crying will not be important at all...and have fun the first nights, even if its just exploring the campus, it will suprise you how you will want to do stuff, and that is what your parents will want</p>
<p>If you REALLY want to get your parents going, give them a letter of thanks to read when they leave..tell them they can't read it until they are at least 20 minutes away...</p>
<p>CityGal- don't listen to the moms!!!</p>
<p>If people see you crying in your first few days, they'll think you're weak and will have issues throughout the year with being homesick. I was the guy farthest from home on my floor during my freshman year, and I'd get homesick and sometimes it'd show (i wouldnt cry but other ways i guess)...but it really came down to being a weakness. Go ahead and cry while you say goodbye to your parents, but don't do it anywhere near your dorm!!!</p>
<p>I'm not a mom. So you can listen to me. It's really okay to cry! Perhaps it's different for guys, but as a girl, I had no problems. </p>
<p>If you are crying, try to put on a brave face and say that you're okay if someone asks. While most people tolerate tears, it's tough to deal with someone else's problems.</p>
<p>When my parents left I oddly felt free. It took only about a week before I missed them, mainly because I had gotten sick and no one was there to take care of me. ha</p>
<p>The same thing happened to me. The first time (and only time, I think) that I really thought "I want my mom" was when I caught a really bad stomach virus about a month and a half into school.</p>
<p>No one is going to think less of you if you cry as your parents leave. We had our first hall meeting about 10 minutes after all the parents were supposed to clear out, and a number of people were crying. But no one really thought that they were crying because they didn't want to be there, we all realized that it was just really strange to be getting ready to live on our own without our families.</p>
<p>Hey i cried alot at hs graduation, its a big change. i'm sure its normal, i'll probably cry too!</p>
<p>There's no crying in college! </p>
<p>(movie reference)</p>
<p>I've been homeschooled for eleven years, so I don't think I'll be crying when my parents drop me off at college. Ok, maybe I will shed tears of joy, but otherwise. . .</p>
<p>I was very attached to my dad as a child, so I made sure to say goodbye to him at a place far away from my dorm. I cried so hard at that moment that I couldn't see out of my contacts days later. But it's weird. As I walked back toward my dorm I had this overpowering feeling of freedom and it was just so amazing, and definitely was the best part of going to college. Everyone is homesick and feels awkward the first couple of days, but that is what brings people so close. Anyway most people who are really going to die of homesickness the first year don't even really start to feel severely homesick until a month or so into the schoolyear because there is so much going on when you first get there and so much excitement. All of us were having so much fun the first night just realizing we were out at 4:00 in the morning and could stay out later if we liked and no one would know :). Enjoy :)</p>
<p>It's OK. You'll get used to everything in a matter of time. I promise. I personally hated being with my family all the time so loved getting away from them but that's just me. =P</p>
<p>Yeah, so I went with my parents and my sisters to buy some stuff after I got settled in to my dorm. Suddenly I burst into tears in the middle of a grocery store, then spent 15 minutes on a busy curb in New York City bawling my eyes out. I totally didn't expect to have that reaction, but hey, it happens, and I'm pretty sure everyone understands. Maybe not the guy whose car I was sitting in front of, but everyone else.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it, because regardless, it's uncontrollable. Whatever happens will happen. It's going to be incredibly difficult to leave home and have my parents leave me at school. I know it's going to be hard. Just realize that school is where you need to be and what you need to be doing. You'll get used to it (at least that's what I tell myself).</p>
<p>Haha toblin, or in baseball either, right?</p>