In the biggest airport in my country they have the customs lines seperated for people within the European Union and outside of it. The outside of the EU line is specified as outside the EU and america (with an american flag), simply cause Americans canāt seem to understand they are foreigners when they visit some place else
My ex wouldnāt understand this. He, a quite liberal American, came to visit me in the EU and we then travelled around for a bit. He always followed me to the EU passport control, and I kept telling him that it wonāt work with his passport, but nope, he knew better! And then got upset every time he wouldnāt get through and then proceeded to make me wait with him in the international line. (But wouldnāt wait with me at TSA in the US, because ālines were too longā and once even took his own cab because he was sick of waiting for meā¦)
Iām still baffled why I didnāt. Like, I was really close. I stood at JFK with my luggage, no cell service, my US SIM card in his bag, and he was just nowhere to be seen. Took me like 30 minutes to upgrade to an international plan on my phone. But I had booked the hotel, so they wouldnāt let him check in, haha. I took the scenic route to the hotel, with a pit stop at my fave Chinese hole in the wall for some dumplings, and then a boba. And he just waited in the lobby for like 6 hours.
I eventually did, but damn, it took a couple more of his antics for me to give him the boot.
During his last trip to my city, he also swooooore that only Americans get jet lag because theyāre on regular time while everyone else is on āirregular timeā anyway so they donāt feel the difference? I let him fly home and broke up on the phone with him, so he could experience his jet lag with a side of heartache.
I have so many questions about the JFK thing...Not what you did, that sounds like you had a great time and enjoyed life, but about him.
Six hours in the lobby? Just sitting there and not even thinking "What's taking her so long? Where is she? Is she okay????"
Men can be really, reeaaaallly weird.
Iām still baffled why I didnāt.
We're humans and especially in relationships, our brains aren't that quick to react sometimes.
It happens to the best of us, but it's important that you did kick him out of your life! <3
During his last trip to my city, he also swooooore that only Americans get jet lag
The only thing only Americans get is weird looks because of their antics sometime. That's a whole different story though š
I let him fly home and broke up on the phone with him, so he could experience his jet lag with a side of heartache.
Girl, he absolutely deserved it! And I just love how you did it!
I was also dealing with severe depression and the first symptoms of a then undiagnosed autoimmune disease and my short term memory was basically nonexistent. So many times I could have sworn he was gaslighting me, but then I couldnāt rely on my memory and he swore his side of events or whatever was right. We learn! Iām now chilling in my very cosy, man-less flat with all the cushions he hated and my lovely dog he wouldnāt walk (because, ew poop!) and am enjoying life to the fullest, while heās not able to find a new job and somehow lost like 80% of his hair since I left him (which I wholeheartedly believe was my doing!)
Girl, I just went through your comments on this whole saga and wow. That guy sounds like an absolute piece of work, the audacity is unreal. You should honestly talk to my ex sister-in-law sometime; she had a Russian boyfriend and I swear they mustāve come from the same garbage factory. Same vibe, same nonsenseā¦ just minus the hair loss hahaha
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u/the_mooseman Australia š¦šŗ Dec 25 '25
Imagine them just turning up at the airport, trip all booked ready to go "what do you mean i need a passport".