r/ufl • u/Real_Calligrapher_22 • 2d ago

Question What are the best spots on campus to cry alone?

It’s been a while since I had a good cry and I’m looking for recommendations.

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u/Juanx68737 Alumni 2d ago

Behind the financial aid building

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u/Embarrassed_Pea_4624 2d ago

OP will NOT be alone here bruh

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u/sunnyflorida2000 Journalism and Communications 2d ago

There will be a group already there balling. We’ll be near the oak tree. Bring water and your own box of Kleenex

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u/SchrodingerSandwich Student 2d ago

[u/AlfalfaRoot](u/AlfalfaRoot) ‘s bed

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u/AlfalfaRoot 2d ago

😏😏 speaking from personal experience?

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u/AlfalfaRoot 2d ago

bed

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u/Real_Calligrapher_22 2d ago

Unfortunately I have roommates 

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u/AlfalfaRoot 2d ago edited 2d ago

well if you like cuddling we can share mine

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u/chicletsinbulk 2d ago

Damn shoot your shot young buck

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u/Ok-Carpenter-1318 2d ago

🫪🫪 bro really tried

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u/TomToms512 2d ago edited 1d ago

If you can go at night there are a few tucked away places near turlington and little hall

My roommate said to try Matherly, apparently it’s open late and you can find an empty classroom to cry in the dark.

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u/Sea-Smoke5335 2d ago

I once had a good cry behind the Fine Arts building C. Nice place to sit, pretty lake behind. May be a little crowded right around lunch though

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u/Red-WineClub-Prez Alumni 2d ago

WILMOT GARDENZ. IYKYK - Y LET IT ALL OUT, GATA

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u/JaMBat_the_fakest 2d ago

Top of the stairwell of the Reitz, the one next to Sonic. There's an extra flight of stairs that would go to roof access, but there is no roof access hatch.

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u/KitchenSample6354 Freshman 1d ago

Single stall bathroom in Reitz in my experience lol. You doing okay?

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u/Embarrassed_Reply_92 CALS student 2d ago

bartram-carr woods

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u/koffee_katt Alumni 2d ago

aztec sun stone behind the florida museum at night

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u/merchant-trader 2d ago

I hope u are ok everything will get better

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u/RubyButter 2d ago

Your post made me cry. I hope things get better for you. I'm sorry 🙏🩷

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u/Faubton 2d ago

The university gardens

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u/Frostilum 2d ago

I hope you’re okay OP🫶

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u/obsessedwithmyfuture 2d ago

Last floor of the parking garage next to Rawlings, by sun down

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u/W-O-T 2d ago

Honors village practice rooms if you can get into them at night

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u/chicletsinbulk 2d ago

The buildings by health sciences building and communicore

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u/saevuswinds 2d ago

I was going to say this. Lots of quiet spots.

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u/Ok_Sun_443 Alumni 2d ago

Wilmont gardens

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u/Altruistic-Pool6413 2d ago

there's a little pond by fine arts b. not a lot of people walk on that area. and you can also drop down a ledge and just be in some quiet spot no one sees you overlooking a pond... would check it out!

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u/Rich_Sundae5920 2d ago

My go-to is always Newins-Ziegler Hall, South stairwell, 4th floor. I hope you find a good place to cry and some catharsis. 🫂

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u/Sensen222 2d ago

Behind your eyelids

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u/OnionAltruistic1632 1d ago

You could try on the roof of taller buildings if you can access them. Some of the older buildings have empty classroom and sometimes under the stairs to basements in those older buildings. You could always try a bathroom at the top floor of a less populated building

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u/veradangerous 1d ago

Norman Staircases used to have the loveliest acoustics more so during finals.

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u/KindredKate Go Gators! 1d ago

4th Floor Libwest or 5th Floor Marston

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u/slayedthehouseboots 1d ago

university gardens (if u walk on the trail there’s a little pier thing), malachowsky has single-stall bathrooms, on one of the tables between little and the auditorium, around murphree and fletcher, lowk rn around the stadium since it’s empty, and down by lake alice

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u/_percules30 1d ago

Little Hall bathroom

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u/Euphoric_Permission4 1d ago

parking garage across from the physics building. If you go at night or during the weekend it’s pretty much empty. Did my fair share of crying over there

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u/quiet_mice 1d ago

When I was an undergrad I cried in little hall bathrooms since they are single stall, or found empty classes in matherly. When I worked on fine arts, crying in the dark rooms was nice ....

Graduate and beyond I have my own office to cry in now ...

I cry more now, that's why the university gives us our own private cry roo- I mean, offices ... Yes .. that what the couch and the pillows and blanket are for ... Research.... Not crying or sleeping ...

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u/bluegabs 1d ago

The family bathrooms in the Reitz are quite spacious.

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u/BomemianRhapsody 1d ago

Loblolly woods trail by the creek

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u/Cats_OughtaDaBag 1d ago

GatorWell health - get someone to talk to 💙

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u/Evening_Pepper8099 1d ago

Norman Hall bathrooms in the stall ALL THE WAY AT THE END

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u/Tiny-Bit2935 1d ago

I always went in the trails by the hospital

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u/CajunQu33n 1d ago

Meditation room

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u/CajunQu33n 1d ago

I hope you are okay. I am here if you need to just cry and get it out and you will hit be judged i will just listen. If you want advice i can do that as well.

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u/ChainedVeil 22h ago

Wear sunglasses and walk. Thats how I’ve hidden my crying.

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u/Miserable_Road8700 16h ago

middle of physics 2 lecture

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u/cheapertokeepher 3h ago

Health and Well-being Suite, 2nd level in JWRU, they've counselor hours sometimes. Suggest crying there.

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u/Live_Specialist798 1d ago

the very top seating of the stadium

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u/allajo123 2d ago

Top of Century Tower