Overwhelmed with joy!
So I find that in our macho ways, a lot of men dismiss the notion of crying. Some people see it as a sign of weakness. I’m here to tel you that both men and women cry for many different and valid reasons. I’m sitting on the west coast trying to phase into PST, and while I’m up in the air I thought I’d reflect and think on some things that make me and most men cry. Made a list about it like to read it? Here it go:
Jokes
If you’ve ever been in a roast session with any man, you know that some jokes are liable to have dudes doubled over [||] in laughter, faces wet with tears. Any Chris Rock or Martin lawrence stand up will have me crying! Some jokes make you laugh. These jokes dehydrate from all the crying we do! Excellent times had by all!
Earthquakes
I always said that if I ever was caught in one of these I would cry and hop on the first plane back to NYC. This happens yesterday at 4:04AM in LA. It woke me up but I didn’t know it was a quake. Friends didn’t tell me for fear that I would chuck the deuces and get the hell out of dodge SoCal! It was a 4.4 so it “wasn’t that serious” according to people here, but all I will ever think about is this clip.
Men love sports. That’s no secret. From a young age, we find common ground with a team that represents our city, or for you traitors out there, with a player or what team is hot at the time, and we support them as if they are our family. We ride with our teams in good times and bad, their struggles becoming our own. We are elated when they win, and heartbroken when they lose. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. If and when the Knicks win there next NBA title, I will cry like a 16 yr old heartbroken girl. Straight tears and no shame! *Waits for Knicks/NYC hate to appear in 3..2..1*
Severe injury or pain
Some pain you can tough out. Others will have you express your feelings with tears and cries of agony. For me, stomach aches and toothaches are the worst. The after effects of a root canal had me in the fetal position screaming to my mom to make it stop, while she gave me a side eye and told me to man up, smh. Anyone who’s done the P90X program, or any other strenuous workout will tell you that some of those exercises will make you cry out “Why god Why?! as you attempt to get one more rep in! Pain is temporary and pride is forever, but do believe a brother will tear up if that ish is too much!
S*xual Athletics
Have you ever heard Olympic commentators discuss the beauty of a dance, dive, or figure skating/gymnastics competition. The poetry in motion is enough to make any art connoisseur tear up with joy. The same can be said for men’s appreciation of s*xual athletics. Have you seen a women with a behind that flows like the finest water in the Nile river? Have you ever seen a stripper perform an aerial maneuver that made dollar bills reign from the Heavens like meteorites entering the Earths atmosphere, while she displayed X-Men like supernatural abilities? This is pure art and will warm even the biggest @$$holes’s heart to the point of tears.
As for women, Here are some things that they will cry over:
Anything & Everything
I think that about sums it up. Men what else do you find will make us cry (whether good or bad). Women, why do you cry at 99.99% of things that happen in life? Am I exaggerating? Is it only 99.89%? Let’s chat
“Don’t cry, dry, your eye!
I cry to relieve stress. I do it on purpose – put myself in a situation that I know will make me cry. Afterwards, I can do the things I need to do without having unnecessary emotion take over.
Hilarious!!! This really made me feel better… It actually interrupted a cry I was about to get into right now! Lol but I agree with @Annaliese. A good cry helps me get through a moment so I can continue to kick ass throughout the rest of the day. @Streetz: you said that women cry 99.9% of the time. Then u asked, why is that? But the question you should be asking is why do we let people (mainly men) see us cry…its a manipulative tool (in most cases). It's sad, but true. Some of us grow out of it and get to a point where we don't ever want to be seen crying and others continue to use it to inspire sympathy for BS.
I can't get past this gif lol
Lmao. I felt like the last part about women crying about any & everything was déjà vu. But this was comical.
LOL women can cry over anything, but we don't cry over EVERYTHING. Sometimes there are instances that need a tear or two. The only women who cry incessantly are the uber-emo, and no one takes them seriously anyway.
A lot of these you grow out of as you get older and deal with that feeling in other ways.
Jokes – I can't lie, this happens at the most inopportune times. I still remember a conversation about Montana Fishburne, where I said, If my daughter is in a porno, don't watch that ish.
So my boy responds, "I don't know about that, what if she was bad like, If you wasn't my daughter…"
I cried at my desk for 30 minutes.
Weather – When I was little, I had a very big fear of thunder and lightning. That ended when I was like 4.
Sports – I'm a big Laker, 49er and Oriole fan, but I can remember just about all the last times I cried over these guys. I cried when the Bulls beat the Lakers in 91, because I knew it was our last chance. I cried in 96 when Jeff Maier reached over the outfield wall against the Orioles because the Yankees always cheat. And I cried in 99 when Aeneus Williams knocked Steve Young out on MNF, because I knew that was the end of his NFL career.
Severe Pain – I broke my wrist like 8 or 9 times now, I don't cry about pain. I guess I never learned this as a child. I just get extremely frustrated.
Sexual Athletics – Tears of Joy? What did I do to deserve this?! Yeah, it's happened a few times. Probably the first time a chick with long dark hair took the pin out her hair and it fell all over the place like water…
You forgot one Big Bro… The Law – It's been many of times that we could have all been locked up or even got locked up. There ain't nothing like seeing where your life could have went LEFT even if you got those platinum bracelets. You sit in a room alone or you give pops a hug and you just start balling.
Great Throwback. Now i'm on the clock.
im like that too with the whole frustration thing. i always used to mess my ankle up though, like 3 or 4 times. one time i fell down the stairs and landed on it so it snapped into a sideways L but i just popped it back in and walked back up the stairs cussing cuz i couldnt walk right.
i get more frustrated that i cant function or perform correctly than i care about the pain. i halfway cant even tell when im hurt ppl have to remind me. like' youre not supposed to be able to walk on a foot you just had surgery on 5 hours ago…'
Hello all, newbie here.
So my boy responds, “I don’t know about that, what if she was bad like, If you wasn’t my daughter…”
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That ish right there? That made me choke at work I was laughing so hard. I could even see his body language while saying that. So wrong, but so damn funny! My belly hurts…
Thank you and good day
*off-topic*
Would just like to acknowledge an Oriole fan — been in Bmore for a minute, and have yet to meet one who admits it.
Kudos.
I cry a litle too much for my own sanity since I am preggo. I was looking at a commercial about something and the next thing I knew, tears. I was like WTF? Ugh these out of control hormones….
Normally after a good cry, I can move mountains or say eff it, if need be. I would rather cry in privacy, but hey, stuff happens.
Crying is also similar to laughing; it relieves tons of stress.
up until a few months ago the last time i cried was when i was like 7 or 8 cuz i was scared of what was in the dark. i got smacked though so i stopped crying and stopped being afraid of stupid stuff…and i learned opening my eyes really wide gives me night vision.
ever since then ive been a braveheart. broken bones. please. pain. please. fear? LOL. it turned me into the most courageous person on the planet and i became a leader. disaster scenarios = PLEASE happen bc those are my specialty.
but you know what makes me cry though? happiness. love. being taken care of by a good man made me sob for at LEAST 5 hours on some "omg youre so perfect" type stuff.
im not an emotional person but him making me cry was a turn on…
I cry if she ain't careful with her teeth.
if i don't kneejerk and push her, which makes her bite down even more by reflex…
#hospital
I rarely cry. At all. Pain, sex, movies, nothing makes me cry. Most men probably cry more than I do. lol
Either u frontin or you're a Visitor
I'm not as tear-less as you, but I rarely get my cry on as well.
I'm actually amused by the image of guys crying over sports. I don't think I would've shed a single tear if the Raptors had, by some miracle, happened to win a championship game back when I was both ballin' & watching. Now that I do neither, it definitely wouldn't happen.
What about death? Or are we just not being morbid? I've only seen my father cry once in my life, and that was when his father died. I don't even think he cried when his mother passed, but he's a g.
Also, as a Cleveland native all our men fans learn defeat, disappointment and severe let down extremely early so I can't help but give a ninja the side eye if he's crying about a sports team. Id stand over him and yell Bitch I'm from Cleveland! NO CHAMPIONSHIPS EVER MUTHAF*CKA! Get that weak ish outta here!
This was funny though. Especially since I do cry about any and everything.
I swear that GIF can induce seizures.
As much as it pains me to admit it, I'm a big crybaby. Two nights ago I went to see The Fighter (which is not sad AT ALL) and I cried 4 times.
I cry at work when I'm busy and frustrated. I cry when I laugh, I cry at books, I cry when someone leaves a touching comment on my blog.I have cried at really good chex on a couple of occasions and I even once cried during some epic phone chex.
I don't believe that men have tear ducts. I think you are all Visitors…lol. I am going to need more people Streetz!
Im am 100% Human. Might be a mutant tho
Raises hand: My name is Veranda Baker and I am an Emo-Chic. Good movie, good story, sad things, a good laugh, a riveting performance, orgasms I am tearing! I make no apologies ain't nothing wrong with a good cry!
Oh and I cried when I met Michael Jackson *shrugs*
I've always said I'd go into little Chinese girl groupie mode if I ever met MJ or Prince.
You get a pass.
I thought it was a universal Man Law to also be able to cry: a) at the end of Ol' Yeller or b) when your own dog passes slowly into the night.
I'm from Upstate NY so watching the Bills play each season really doesn't make me cry as much as wanting to start issuing out throat punches.
Dislocated my shoulder twice, torn ligaments in both ankles, torn meniscus in my knee and broke my fingers on some dude's facemask in HS football. Never shed a tear….
Lawd, I hope I'm not a Visitor too?
i don't cry. i think the last time i actually broke down and cried…was after a whoopin' when i was 8 or 9.
i will admit that my eyes will water up at extremely rare times. For Example, this past Sunday i saw this on Outside the Lines – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCSzysu_flY
but i didn't "weep", nor "cry". eyes water'd.
i guess i bought into that particular construct. *shrug*
I am not an overly emotional kinda girl BUT a good flick with a happy or sad ending will open my tear ducts.
Crying during/after great chex. REALLY..??
I only cried on one occasion and that was during my de-flowering ceremony — that *ish* was warranted.
Once you get that emotional connection with someone you will cry.
I've had 3 women cry on me in my life. All 3 were serious relationships spanning a year plus.
If I ever make a woman cry or squirt, she's getting a ring the very next day.
:0P
Its a life changer trust me. You never know when it will happen and it is a glorious experience…as long as you aren't sprayed in the face. I had to quickly dodge once.
TWHS!!!!
*lmao*
If dude can make me cry I'll put a ring on HIS finger because I have found my unicorn. *lol*
@ animate
is that true? crying over a guys performance in a serious relationship is a life changer? why?
i cried but i thought i was just being a female. even though like i said i havent cried since i was 7 or 8 its just that he makes me really happy so i started bawling. is it gonna change him?
Let me rephrase my statement some.
Having a woman cry out of pleasure and you ask her "why are you crying" and her only response is "I don't know" Thats the life changer. At that point the guy is able to sit in the superman pose and cheese like a 5 year old.
oh. you meant a female whimpering over a dudes pipegame is an ego boost.
ill just go cry in a corner as my hope for good lifegame completely deflates…
Remember Harlem Nights — and Arsenio Hall's character, who was boo-hooing but still shooting up the joint?
That's me. Yeah, I'm crying. Yeah, I'm a woman — but business still needs to be tended to. LOL!
Great throwback…I hate to admit it too but I cry pretty easily too
I don't use it as a weapon though; my Mom did that and it's unfair. Frustration makes me cry the most-that and the possibility of no kids.
#DebbieDowner
youre only a debbie downer when you twist around something positive but for the most part youre just being honest.
I'm really sensitive. I cry during movies and tv shows. I cry when the Lakers win championships. I cried when I saw Obama speak. I cry when a joke is really funny. And if it's a bad day, I'll probably cry just to release.
People are just used to it now, lol. They don't even take my tears serious any more unless it's an issue people normally cry over like a death or illness or something.
My parents always admonished me for crying when I was a kid but that didn't stop me. I don't even have examples of women crying like that in my family b/c my mom rarely cries. It's just in me to be a crier, lol. I have no other excuse.
I'm like BSQUARED86, a natural born crier. I can't help it. I'm the most sensitive person I know.
My best friend has learned to comprehend my cryspeak (meaning he can make out what I'm saying while I'm sobbing). My other friends will just sit and let me calm down before I start talking again.
My body shakes when I cry. If the shakes are very visible then it's something serious, if they're minimal it's my sensitivity getting the best of me.
My mama is sensitive but she's not a crier. For the life of her she can't understand how certain things make me cry.
When I'm frustrated I cry, I cried when my nephew turned 11 b/c he's growing up too fast. I cry at the thought of ANYthing that a father shares with his daughter b/c I lost mine when I was 3 (tears are forming as I type, I promise). Certain songs, books and movies make me cry as well. I can look at old pictures and reflect on the event where the pictures were taken and give Niagara Falls a run for its money.
I'm just glad that my friends (the real ones) understand that that's just me. Wish my mama would understand that as well.
*note to my future boyfriend* in most cases, a simple hug will relieve my tears, even the ones that come from frustration
I cry watching any Disney movies. Toy Story 3 left me depressed that whole night.
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