When it's ok for a man to cry.

[Jonatron]

I watched (The special edition cutscene montage, on youtube - I don't have the right consoles) MGS3 so I could play MGS4 at a friend's. I welled up pretty badly at the end.

So, yeah. It's okay to cry occasionally, as far as I'm concerned. Better be worth it though.

 

[TwitchierGuitar]

That's a great question. I guess while watching the green mile or saving private ryan. My friends start balling at the end of both.

 

[VanityGirl]

My dad cried when i went off to college. Me and my dad were buddied and often made racist comments while walking down the street, all the while my mother would be turning her head away pretending like she didn't know us.

My dad didn't cry as his mother's funeral, at least he didn't do it in front of my brother or me. I was 11 and he was 15 at the time. =\



I think it's ok for guys to cry. You guys DO have feelings you know.
My boyfriend shed a tear because he was gettin hassled at work and one of the guys told him the bosses were going to fire him. He only cried in front of me and I didn't find it weird and wasn't put off by it at all.
I actually felt good that I could support him. He's wiped my tears away plenty, why can't I do the same for him?

BTW:
Cut the macho bullshit. I know some of you guys have cried before and will probably never admit it.

But your bf cried in private. You have to understand that women don't have the monopoly in being the object of social pressure. It would have been massive weak-sauce for your bf to have cried in public.

Not crying is a defense mechanism, too. You have to understand that.

Ture, but as a woman, I've never cried in public. It's more of a pride thing than anything else. I mean, if someone cries in public more power to them. My dad on the other hand (who's a farmer and a tough guy) cried in front of my Nana, Poppy and my brother and his fiance when I left for college.

I might cry around family members and maybe a friend or two, but I'm not going to run down a street with tears in my eyes.

 

[GOATOFRAGE]

when hes been shot in the face

 

[fulano]

My dad cried when i went off to college. Me and my dad were buddied and often made racist comments while walking down the street, all the while my mother would be turning her head away pretending like she didn't know us.

My dad didn't cry as his mother's funeral, at least he didn't do it in front of my brother or me. I was 11 and he was 15 at the time. =\



I think it's ok for guys to cry. You guys DO have feelings you know.
My boyfriend shed a tear because he was gettin hassled at work and one of the guys told him the bosses were going to fire him. He only cried in front of me and I didn't find it weird and wasn't put off by it at all.
I actually felt good that I could support him. He's wiped my tears away plenty, why can't I do the same for him?

BTW:
Cut the macho bullshit. I know some of you guys have cried before and will probably never admit it.

But your bf cried in private. You have to understand that women don't have the monopoly in being the object of social pressure. It would have been massive weak-sauce for your bf to have cried in public.

Not crying is a defense mechanism, too. You have to understand that.

Ture, but as a woman, I've never cried in public. It's more of a pride thing than anything else. I mean, if someone cries in public more power to them. My dad on the other hand (who's a farmer and a tough guy) cried in front of my Nana, Poppy and my brother and his fiance when I left for college.

I might cry around family members and maybe a friend or two, but I'm not going to run down a street with tears in my eyes.

And that's where the awfully ironic double standard kicks in: it is okay for chicks to cry, and it is somewhat expected, but nope, not for guys. You have to be strong.

Hark it to our predominantly patriarchal society and what is commonly understood as being strong and whatnot and what attributes are associated to it.

No matter how you slice it, crying is understood as a showing of weakness and you have to work around that. If not, why associate the moniker of "pride" to not crying? Or what about only being vulnerable around people you have close ties with? I'm sure you can understand that.

Now turn it to a ten, and that's how guys get it.

 

[delet]

Because everyone seems to have already gotten things out of the way...

When something's sad. Simple enough, neh?

When you're hurt. Emotional or otherwise. A spear through the heart is enough to make me cry, either way you look at it...

When someone dies. Though it fits under emotional, it's probably a bit more...

When you eat something really really hot. I love hot foods. If they make me cry, I enjoy the tears, drink them, and absorb their salty goodness. Works as an effective way to lessen the heat, too...

For no fucking reason. When I sit there trying to get to sleep, tears fall out for no reason. Not sad, not depressed, just there. Maybe I'm subconsciously sad over my not being able to sleep?

Welp, I think that covers just about everything...

 

[Julianking93]

Whenever I feel like it.

I don't put up a fake dominate male authoritive personality. I'm actually quite femenine.

 

[andrat]

When his date uses her teeth.

 

[aww yea]

when offered a carebear

 

[curty129]

A man crying?

That's not a man.

It's just a woman with a penis.

When his date uses her teeth.

XD Ok, maybe one exception.

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

When you're out of peanut butter.

I agree.

 

[Skeleon]

'Twas probably already posted, but...
When you're cutting onions.

 

[Snowalker]

If the man owns a dog, When Sam dies in I Am Legend. and maybe Marley & Me

 

[curty129]

My dad cried when i went off to college. Me and my dad were buddied and often made racist comments while walking down the street, all the while my mother would be turning her head away pretending like she didn't know us.

My dad didn't cry as his mother's funeral, at least he didn't do it in front of my brother or me. I was 11 and he was 15 at the time. =\



I think it's ok for guys to cry. You guys DO have feelings you know.
My boyfriend shed a tear because he was gettin hassled at work and one of the guys told him the bosses were going to fire him. He only cried in front of me and I didn't find it weird and wasn't put off by it at all.
I actually felt good that I could support him. He's wiped my tears away plenty, why can't I do the same for him?

BTW:
Cut the macho bullshit. I know some of you guys have cried before and will probably never admit it.

But your bf cried in private. You have to understand that women don't have the monopoly in being the object of social pressure. It would have been massive weak-sauce for your bf to have cried in public.

Not crying is a defense mechanism, too. You have to understand that.

Ture, but as a woman, I've never cried in public. It's more of a pride thing than anything else. I mean, if someone cries in public more power to them. My dad on the other hand (who's a farmer and a tough guy) cried in front of my Nana, Poppy and my brother and his fiance when I left for college.

I might cry around family members and maybe a friend or two, but I'm not going to run down a street with tears in my eyes.

And that's where the awfully ironic double standard kicks in: it is okay for chicks to cry, and it is somewhat expected, but nope, not for guys. You have to be strong.

Hark it to our predominantly patriarchal society and what is commonly understood as being strong and whatnot and what attributes are associated to it.

No matter how you slice it, crying is understood as a showing of weakness and you have to work around that. If not, why associate the moniker of "pride" to not crying? Or what about only being vulnerable around people you have close ties with? I'm sure you can understand that.

Now turn it to a ten, and that's how guys get it.

Not to mention how "us men" (At least i do) love to laugh at and aggravate another crying man. Of course it depends on the situation; laughing at his mother's funeral wouldn't be too appropiate, yet still understandable. Hell, if it was just "the guys" and one of us starting laughing, i bet the rest would too.

And hey hey hey. Wait no. I suppose it's just teenager girls that are the most judging and unaccepting? (Exceptions, obviously.) - I want an answer >:l

 

[archvile93]

This list only consists of 2 things so far but I am willing to add to it.

At the end of Old Yeller.

While listening to "Riding with private Malone" by David Ball (which btw, if you have not listened to, do it, soon, away from people who can see/hear you)

So... Give me yours...

At no point is this supposed to degenerate into a "Men can cry, it's ok now you insensitive bastard" thread. Men aren't supposed to cry - it's how I was raised. I once asked my dad if it was ok to cry sometimes and he punched me in the crotch.

Please tell me your kidding about that crotch thing. If you want to cry then cry (but not in prison).

 

[fulano]

My dad cried when i went off to college. Me and my dad were buddied and often made racist comments while walking down the street, all the while my mother would be turning her head away pretending like she didn't know us.

My dad didn't cry as his mother's funeral, at least he didn't do it in front of my brother or me. I was 11 and he was 15 at the time. =\



I think it's ok for guys to cry. You guys DO have feelings you know.
My boyfriend shed a tear because he was gettin hassled at work and one of the guys told him the bosses were going to fire him. He only cried in front of me and I didn't find it weird and wasn't put off by it at all.
I actually felt good that I could support him. He's wiped my tears away plenty, why can't I do the same for him?

BTW:
Cut the macho bullshit. I know some of you guys have cried before and will probably never admit it.

But your bf cried in private. You have to understand that women don't have the monopoly in being the object of social pressure. It would have been massive weak-sauce for your bf to have cried in public.

Not crying is a defense mechanism, too. You have to understand that.

Ture, but as a woman, I've never cried in public. It's more of a pride thing than anything else. I mean, if someone cries in public more power to them. My dad on the other hand (who's a farmer and a tough guy) cried in front of my Nana, Poppy and my brother and his fiance when I left for college.

I might cry around family members and maybe a friend or two, but I'm not going to run down a street with tears in my eyes.

And that's where the awfully ironic double standard kicks in: it is okay for chicks to cry, and it is somewhat expected, but nope, not for guys. You have to be strong.

Hark it to our predominantly patriarchal society and what is commonly understood as being strong and whatnot and what attributes are associated to it.

No matter how you slice it, crying is understood as a showing of weakness and you have to work around that. If not, why associate the moniker of "pride" to not crying? Or what about only being vulnerable around people you have close ties with? I'm sure you can understand that.

Now turn it to a ten, and that's how guys get it.

Not to mention how "us men" (At least i do) love to laugh at and aggravate another crying man. Of course it depends on the situation; laughing at his mother's funeral wouldn't be too appropiate, yet still understandable. Hell, if it was just "the guys" and one of us starting laughing, i bet the rest would too.

And hey hey hey. Wait no. I suppose it's just teenager girls that are the most judging and unaccepting? (Exceptions, obviously.) - I want an answer >:l

It's still an asshole move to aggravate a crying man, even if he is being weak-sauce.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

When you get hurt in the nuts, or any form of media that evokes emotions. Or if he gets emotionally hurt.

 

[Thaius]

Anytime. Really, people, how about breaking out of the stupid "macho" thing and just accepting that guys do have emotions and are allowed to show it? Seriously, the stigma against guys crying is just idiotic...

 

[Tanfastic]

When someone close to you dies.

Also, when you rent a game and are 99% completed with it then you realize its 11:59 on the night you have to take it back :'(