The best places to cry on campus

Being an adult is hard. 

We know that things can get rough during the semester. With midterms well underway, things are as stressful as ever. So where do we find ourselves letting the tears flow?

Here’s a list of the top places you’re guaranteed to cry at UConn.

Oak Hall

One of the newer buildings on campus, Oak Hall is home to various CLAS majors as well as a large lecture hall. If you need a spot to collect yourself between classes, a corner of this building is your best bet. In the center of campus and near your class if you need a quick pity party, this corner will do just the trick.

The Reading Room at Wilbur Cross

Filled with some of the most significant offices on campus including the Office of the Registrar (a.k.a, financial aid), Wilbur Cross is a centrally located building with a few study spots. Where there’s a place to study, there’s also a place to cry. The reading room, one of the few places left in the used-to-be library that still looks ridiculously studious, it can also serve as a therapeutic corner for when you’re overwhelmed. Bonus: there’s a café down the hall, because a student can’t be emotional without some food to save the day.

A bus stop

Crying outdoors is never ideal, but at least the covered bus stops offer a sense of security. Enough to shield from the rain and the snow, it’s a good place to cry if you’re feeling incredibly down. Plus, the bench is wide enough for a post-cry nap session. Whether you’ve just missed the Blue-line up to Towers, or you’ve jumped off the bus to escape the endless Silver-line route, the bus stop’s bench is there for any breakdown.

Homer Babbidge Library

Ah yes, the solemn sniffles heard throughout the library as we near the end of the semester. Between laptops crashing and deadlines approaching, it’s hard to keep it together when you’re surrounded by other’s mourning their GPA’s. If you’re stuck in a rut, move yourself to a cubicle (if you’re not there already) and let the bawling begin. Style points if you can make your actions louder than your sighs.

Behind The Benton Museum

Complete with art sculptures and wooden benches, you feel like you’re at a small-scale Manhattan park. It’s tempting to stretch and read poetry or other relaxing things, but we know it’s a better location for the waterworks to come out. Keep the sobs to a minimum; the water fountain isn’t on to drown out the sounds during the colder seasons.

The swing at Mirror Lake

Usually an area reserved for the bored between classes or the romantics during a free afternoon, the swing is a perfect place to let it all out. Overlooking the picturesque Mirror Lake, you can’t help but feel connected to your softer side. One of the more public spots on this list, it serves as great example of “hidden in plain sight.” Who knows, to onlookers you could just be crying tears of joy. No, you’re not crying about Biology 1107, but you’re just that happy to have secured a spot on the swing. Seriously.

The list could go on and on, but we think you have the point. If you’re looking for a place to cry, try any of the places listed on here or similar.

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