How often do you cry?
 

Last night a friend had a discussion with one of his aunt, a big one with flying beer bottles and stuff. When we got out, he started to cry while shouting some stuff. Well, the thing is, this particular friend is the one I've seen crying the most.

So I wonder, how often do you guys cry?

I haven't cried in a while, but I noticed that I cried at my last 2 girlfriends while drunk telling how much I loved them, etc. I don't know but I find it rather creepy.

So yeah discuss, perritas lloronas.

Its been a fairly long time where I've cried, the last time was when a family member died a few years ago, I'm not devoid of emotion or anything I just haven't been in a position that warrented me crying, y'know? As for the crying while drunk thing, its different ballpark totally, I've seen many people go to pieces over nothing (including myself) while mortally drunk, drink just exaggerates whatever feeling your having I guess.

Hardly ever. I tend to not get too personal with people so it's easy to be insensitive. I've cried over past boyfriends but it doesn't last long because I just come to find that I'm wasting my time crying and in the end I feel stupid. Only one of my friends has ever seen me cry.

I did have a breakdown at work the other day. This girl was asking me questions, trying to get to know me better I suppose, and she hit on a touchy subject. I've never just spastically bursted into tears, especially in front of people, but I did that day.

Now, drunken tears...those are different, I think. You could be crying but not even know why. I remember the last time I cried when I was drunk was because my best friend was making out with my brother. I was crying, pleading and begging for it to stop, saying, "You guys, this is SO WRONG...I should NEVER EVER have to see this shit.."

It seems like I'm not one for tears these days. Even if I found myself in a situation that would prompt tears, I pretty much have to force it because I feel that I need to. Even then I can't cry.

Let's see.. The last time I cried was when Mufasa died in the Lion King. That was back when it was in theaters.

Damn those hyenas...

You know what me too...but that day it felt like my whole life had just basically fallen apart so it wasn't really Mufasa's death that made me cry, it was just a little push over the edge kinda thing.

And has anyone else ever cried out of happiness. I've done it once and it's really...weird...cause you're just really orgasmically happy but you can't stop crying. Hmm, maybe it's just me then

I've been moved to tears out of happiness before.

I'm not shy about crying. I'm not a crybaby, but when something traumatic happens to me (death of a loved one, something extremely emotionally distressing), I'll let it out. I used to never cry or show much emotion at all, and it landed me in a lot of trouble. You can try to bury that shit inside, but it ends up coming back much worse--sometimes after years.

If that was a discussion I'd hate to see them have an argument! I prefer not to let stuff get to me, then build it all up for my upcoming stroke/heart attack/cancer in the emotions or whatever. Last time I cried was when I watched the ending of M*A*S*H on DVD like a month ago. ALL GONE.

These days... Never. Around four years ago, though, I was a whole lot less resilient.

I haven't cried since my grandmother's funeral when I was 10, so that's close to 13 years of not crying. I can feel the "crying" emotion but the tears just won't come out.

I don't cry at all these days, but back when I was teen I was a lot more emotional, I tend to just bottle it all up these days.

I often shed a bit of emotion for movie or TV show endings (Six Feet Under did me hard), even sometimes listening to scores that belong to movies that have touched me can bring out some emotion. Other than that, I don't cry too much.

I don't cry very often...probably once a year, if that often. I know this is wrong, but I tend to lose respect for men who cry regularly. I can understand crying over a death or some other major trauma, but a man who has been moved to tears by a song or has cried when he's been dumped is just sickening to me. It's the same with men who run from bees or are afraid of horror movies or roller coasters. It's just too pussified for words.

Flame on.

I've never been that big on crying. Seriously, I'd need to force myself to cry when I even get emotional.

The closest I ever get to crying is having my eyes water up when I'm singing an emotional song.

In church, my Mom (and the other ladies in church) usually shout and cry tears of joy when they are touched by "the word". At least one person shouts about each Sunday; It varies considering how much emotion is in the song.


*crys*

Last time I can remember is when I was about 15, so it's been a good four years or so. I'm more of a brooder than a crier. I can't fix or build anything, and I'm not much of a worker, so the least I can do to hang on to some semblance of manhood is to not be a weepy little bitch.

Other than my eyes "crying" because of extreme tiredness, I've only cried when my grandma died (I was in 8th grade), when my dog died (sophomore year of high school), and when...



The only other times I've cried are when I was younger and got my butt whooped by my daddy.

I almost never cry. I'm not really sure what it is, but things that normally make others cry just make my eyes water. Maybe some consider that crying. I don't know. I do cry, though, like at my Granny's funeral.

What the hell? There is absolutely nothing wrong with being moved emotionally by music. I don't regularly cry from listening to songs (or regularly cry at all, for that matter, but I have been, in the past, moved to tears by certain songs) I'm actually thankful that I have the ability to feel such emotions from music, to be able to experience the music as the artist intended. What is the point of creating or listening to music at all if you maintain a perfectly flat emotional response all the way through? There would be none. A man should not supress his emotional response to such things because of pressures to "be manly". He feels just like everyone else; he feels because he is human. What if people like Beethoven and Mozart had supressed their emotional responses? Hell, this doesn't just apply to music, but to all art.

That being said, I'm not scared by horror movies, bees, or roller coasters. In fact, I love roller coasters. I must admit though, I was scared shitless while playing Silent Hill 3. But I didn't cry. ;)

Yea, I think Piccolo is right. Music, or practically anything working towards that level of connectivity, works when they evoke emotions, whatever they may be. If it weren't then we might as well be trapped in an elevator for the rest of our lives.

Every once in a very rare while, if I'm pushed to my absolute breaking point when a day feels highly unfair to me in almost every way and circumstance, and the odds are stacked against my favour with no true (or upcoming) consolation to look forward to, I cry in private when I return home. Aka. the worst days of my life.

I'm never moved so much by any form of media to cry though. I've heard stuff about how many people cried watching "Grave of the Fireflies" or "Passion of the Christ", but I haven't cried at any famed moments.

If you count getting used to contacts in the past few week, then I cried a lot unwillingly (not in the conventional sense), due to trying to gouge the lenses into my eyes and my eyes rejecting them with blinks and many tears. When I finally get them in, my eyes are watery and leak out tears randomly from particles getting into my eye and my inability to rub them out, etc.

People cried during Passion of the Christ? I mean, maybe if they were film critics or Jewish... but normal people?

Were I concerned in the least about appearing manly, I would have taken pride in not crying for well over a year now.
Actually, I feel somewhat anxious and perplexed. I don't feel out of sorts for not performing the physical act itself - it's just distressing to note that I've not had a need for such an emotional release in a long time. My life has not been milk and honey, and I surely do not consider myself overtly equipped to deal with emotional stress, so it is especially curious - nay, troubling, that I've not cried in such a long time.

Though, to be honest, I don't feel the need to cry, or even discuss some deep burried issue with a good friend.
And I most certainly have not been supressing my emotions. In fact, if anyone, I would have been the first one down Alice's throat for the sexist comments with regard to men and crying. I just don't feel the need.

Perhaps I am leading an exceedingly stable life. I do feel calm and happy these days - unusually so, actually, compared to the life I had led a mere three years ago.

Hm. Almost equally troubling is the fact that I simply cannot recall crying. The last time I can clearly recall the act is ... well, close to three years now.

Does anyone else feel this way? Concerned, even distressed, at the lack of crying in their lives?
To me it feels, at the very least, quite weird.

I have cried once in over a decade...

and this is crying crying, I think I cried once because I was laughing too hard, and I don't even remember what it was that made me laugh.

oh, and I cry in my dreams, not like sleep crying like people do sleep walking and sleep talking, but I dream that I cry. That's freaky.

I guess I was 16 when I last cried. I don't like crying, it's a sign of weakness to me and I don't wont people to think of me as being weak. I like to maintain my 'bad-ass man who fears nothing but maggots' image. Certain songs will touch my heart but my eyes don't feel anything. :)

Last time I cried hard was two years ago. There was just a buildup of shitty events and I just broke down crying to myself, "why me?" It was almost as if some force was plotting against me. I came close to checking into some kind of mental institution that night. I'd say I cry for real for real - ie uncontrollable sobbing - every two years or so.