[Nai no Kami]

I am posting this because a nice unfinished conversation I had last night.
I will post answer for myself. I don�t cry much, but I have no problem doing so. Men cry.

What do you think? (about the topic, of course)

[philzilla]

same as masturbation: the ones who say they don't do it, are liars

[Mulattabianca]

only girls cry.
that's what they say..

[mchladek]

Originally posted by Mulattabianca:
only girls cry.
that's what they say..

yes, but good girls don't cry

I think it's perfectly fine for men to cry. In fact, I wish society didn't have these stupid stereotypes of how a gender should act. But I should stop now before I start ranting.

[Sven G]

Of course, every human being can cry - both women and men! That seems to be sooooo obvious...

In practice, maybe women tend to cry more often - also due to differences in how girls and boys are "educated" in many families.

(Personally, rather than cry I tend to turn "sad" things over and over in my mind...)

[swimp]

True. Real men never cry.

(Atleast never in front of anyone else :D

[xi_hyperon]

Crying is perfectly normal, but everyone has a different breaking point where the tears come out. I tend to get sad and think about things too, like Sven, but if it is something really jarring and destructive I've let loose. Last time I remember crying was a few years ago when I learned my first wife had been having a long-term affair with someone. Of course, out of pride I cried only when no one else was around.

[Footy]

Tears of Joy: The birth of my daughter and son.

Tears of Sadness: When my cat killed my bird about 7 years ago.

Other than those items listed above I can't remember the last time I've cried as an adult and sadly my Grandmother died about 6 weeks ago. Cried about spilled milk once as a kid.

Every once and a while a good movie will put a large lump in my throat and water my eyes a bit.

Do I cry? Yes! Just not that often, guess I just have to be in the right mood.

[7Macfreak]

"Lachrymology" or the theory/study of crying as therapy, i think is pretty true cause crying does help alleviate emotions, for me at least.. not that i cry everyday!

[Millennium]

Men don't cry, huh?

Yeah, we're all told that when we're young. It's quite possibly the single most damaging thing taught to boys today, given its repercussions throughout the male psyche.

[file]

i cry

there is a MANLY way of doing so however.

take me a year ago. i was going through some pain in my family. my career was stalling and i was going through some cash problems. my girlfriend broke up with and that was the last straw.

BUT ...i didn't cry.

the problems with my family were resolved and my career was blossoming again a little while after the break up. then one day i was on my roof having a beer and it started to rain. i just sat in my lawn chair and reflected about her and some tears came about. i took a deep breath stopped and said to myself...yup, time to move on. and thats that. manly

[scaught]

men cry. its perfectly normal. it feels good.

[arrested502]

I had a good cry just last night. I was cutting-up an onion

Seriously though, yes we cry.