The last time I cried was when my dad was dieing. I won’t go into detail, but he had a fair amount of pain but managed to squeeze my hand and say lip “I love you” before he went. Very sad, but made me who I am.
When my one year old cat Roger was ran over by a car in front of my house on the first day of summer(June 21). That hurt.
This summer on my yearly trip to my dad’s gravesite on his would-be birthday; I can’t remember the last time I went and didn’t just completely break down, it never gets any easier/less emotional, no matter how old I get.
This thread is depressing.
[quote]Dasher wrote:
The last time I cried was when my dad was dieing. I won’t go into detail, but he had a fair amount of pain but managed to squeeze my hand and say lip “I love you” before he went. Very sad, but made me who I am.[/quote]
Sorry kiddo. That has got to be one of the harder things to go through in life.
Last time I cried was a little over a month ago when I lost two good people to a car crash (married couple). They were Greek friends of my dads, and they knew me when I was born and basically at every Thanksgiving or Greek outing we had (Easter, Xmas, New Years, etc), they were there.
edit: but you are right… crying is just a sucky thing when it’s in a negative circumstance, but it always gives me relief because it makes me feel a bit ‘human’ and brings me back down to earth about how shitty life is sometimes.
[quote]Nards wrote:
A buddy of mine who was in Afghanistan has PTSD from collecting dead soldiers and I felt pretty bad for him.
I shed a couple at the courage little Steve Rogers showed at the start of Captain America
The story of the dog Hachiko. If you love dogs then you will certainly love that story…maybe just google that.[/quote]
x2, watched it a couple of weeks ago and damn…
[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
Not since I was about 12. I was under the impression men don’t cry.[/quote]
Since you were 12? You mean last year?
You’re playing your T-Nation role too hard.[/quote]
Not playing. Don’t be a dick.[/quote]
I missed overstand’s response to you. That’ll speak for me too.
I cry when emotion fills me up so much that only tears come out. It may not be that I’m sad just that emotional state is at that level when I’m thinking and feeling about something. It could be an actual event, something I’m watching on TV, a past experience etc.
I’ve lost my wife’s grandparents recently for which I’ve shed tears, my mum suffered an subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2009, a day, a week, a month I’ll never forget. She’s much better now but it still gets me when I think about it since she is not even 60. Finally the day my daughter was born brought tears to my eyes, like one of those experiences where you’re heart is ready to expand and gush with happiness and emotion (Beans, this wonderful feeling is coming soon my man, it’s like nothing else on this world and it will change you for the better and to be better everyday).
I listened to a talk once (2001) when they said that tears form when we experience something or hear something that’s beyond us, I’m apologise that I don’t remember it as well but at the time it made sense.
I cry sometimes when they show Apollo 11 footage and Armstrong’s words on the Moon.
When I had to put down my previous dog seven years ago I sobbed like a baby. Oddly I never cried when my dad died, though I do get a lump in my throat sometimes when I think about him.
Beans, congrats on the baby, I cried when both my daughters were born. Two of the best days of my life.
Not so much ago I had a discussion with someone about cancer and I couldn’t avoid dropping tears thinking about my cousin, who died at 18 (I was like 8) to cancer and my mom’s best friend, who was the nicest person I have ever met, who died of breast cancer and her husband, a pathetic maggot, knowing that she was going to die that same night, prepared her an omelette and went out to be far from her.
And here they come again…
EDIT : I’d actually love, if I have a daughter, to name her like this woman in her honour, but I’m not sure how it feels to name someone after someone who died of cancer…maybe it feels awkward, but I’d really like it.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
A friend of mine suffered a head injury about 15 years ago. Since then he had been having seizures caused by damage to parts of his brain. As they became worse he had to forfeit his drivers licence and began having a hard time executing basic necessities of life. I’d help him with shopping and whatnot and everything was pretty much copacetic.
His neurologist began developing a new procedure a while back, and in need of test cases, he volunteered for an operation which would remove the damaged parts and hopefully ameliorate or eliminate the seizures all together. Everything went well, and his recovery was astounding, for about 3 years.
Then about 6 months ago my phone rang. It was a friend of his in a panic who had grabbed his phone and called the last person he had dialed, which was me. His reason for panic was because my bud had just fallen to the floor and was completely unresponsive and having difficulty breathing. I instructed him to roll him on his side and make sure he had a clear airway, then to hang up and call 911, which he did. I relayed all of the pertinent information to his dad, then broke down.
Turns out that for some strange reason, my bud had a pretty severe stroke, possibly related to scar tissue or some other complication of the procedure. I didn’t know that at the time, but knowing his history and seeing such a remarkable recovery come crashing down was devastating. The thought that I was going to loose one of my best friends brought me to tears. My wife did a good job of trying to console my while I blubbered on her shoulder for a good 10 minutes or so.
He’s been doing pretty well since then, but is still periodically a little off kilter. Don’t know if there will be a next one or a last one, so until then we just go fishing. Usually catching, too.
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I’m occasionally a cold, heartltess bitch, but this story brought tears to my eyes…
Good to know your friend is doing better.
And where has Brad’s story gone? That was a lovely beautiful sorry too. Sorry about your loss, Brad.
[quote]Dasher wrote:
The last time I cried was when my dad was dieing. I won’t go into detail, but he had a fair amount of pain but managed to squeeze my hand and say lip “I love you” before he went. Very sad, but made me who I am.[/quote]
Sorry about your loss, Dasher.
I feel your pain. I’ve gone through similar situation. It sucks to see someone close to you in a lot of pain dying and there’s nothing you can do to stop it…
[quote]Edevus wrote:
Not so much ago I had a discussion with someone about cancer and I couldn’t avoid dropping tears thinking about my cousin, who died at 18 (I was like 8) to cancer and my mom’s best friend, who was the nicest person I have ever met, who died of breast cancer and her husband, a pathetic maggot, knowing that she was going to die that same night, prepared her an omelette and went out to be far from her.
And here they come again…
EDIT : I’d actually love, if I have a daughter, to name her like this woman in her honour, but I’m not sure how it feels to name someone after someone who died of cancer…maybe it feels awkward, but I’d really like it.[/quote]
Sorry about your loss, E.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong or awkward about naming a child after someone who has died. Many people do that. Your daughter may ask about her name and you’ll just tell her it was in honour of that lovely kind person you’ve known years back 
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
[quote]Edevus wrote:
Not so much ago I had a discussion with someone about cancer and I couldn’t avoid dropping tears thinking about my cousin, who died at 18 (I was like 8) to cancer and my mom’s best friend, who was the nicest person I have ever met, who died of breast cancer and her husband, a pathetic maggot, knowing that she was going to die that same night, prepared her an omelette and went out to be far from her.
And here they come again…
EDIT : I’d actually love, if I have a daughter, to name her like this woman in her honour, but I’m not sure how it feels to name someone after someone who died of cancer…maybe it feels awkward, but I’d really like it.[/quote]
Sorry about your loss, E.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong or awkward about naming a child after someone who has died. Many people do that. Your daughter may ask about her name and you’ll just tell her it was in honour of that lovely kind person you’ve known years back
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Thanks. It was many years ago and especially my cousin one had a big impact, since it was first “touch” with death and mortality, to say so. To realize that we’re not forever.
But really, this woman was super nice. Always laughing and smiling, being very nice to me and my brother, bringing us some candy, listening to our tales of school and kindergarden and stuff like that.
[quote]Edevus wrote:
But really, this woman was super nice. Always laughing and smiling, being very nice to me and my brother, bringing us some candy, listening to our tales of school and kindergarden and stuff like that.
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See? Nothing awkward about giving the name then. Your daughter will hopefully appreciate that
Cried when I finally got my weight under 200 lbs after a decade near 3 bills (obesity)
Cried when my GF of many years and I broke up.
Cried when I benched two plates for the first time ever.
Cried when my parents got divorced.
Cried when I got overwhelmed by life several times.
Cry when I think of my grandfather(s), whom I only briefly met, but whom, by all accounts, were great men.
Cried when the Canadiens won their 24th Stanley Cup.
Cried during “It’s a beautiful life” when Roberto B’s character gets killed.
If I ever got a tattoo, it would probably be: “Only human”.
The French-Canadians I know have it right:
Well unlike alot of you guys, I cry (i guess) pretty frequently. Maybe because I’m a female, or because I’m hispanic (we cry out of anger) :), anyways me and DJ have 3 healthy teenagers at home (but as teenagers are) they do tend to piss me off, so I can’t very well beat the crap out of them like I would love to , so I cry. I cried just yesterday seeing a video of a mother ( daughter passed away in an accident) meeting the woman that received her daughter’s heart.
I cry with movies, I cry because I miss my mom, I cry when I’m so pissed, yeah, I’m a bit emotional/hormonal, I guess. So if you watch the video linked down there, and don’t cry, you either can’t relate because you don’t have kids or have lost someone close to you, your having a really bad day and pissed at the world, or your tear ducts are clogged up.
[quote]JLO73 wrote:
Well unlike alot of you guys, I cry (i guess) pretty frequently. Maybe because I’m a female, or because I’m hispanic (we cry out of anger) :), anyways me and DJ have 3 healthy teenagers at home (but as teenagers are) they do tend to piss me off, so I can’t very well beat the crap out of them like I would love to , so I cry. I cried just yesterday seeing a video of a mother ( daughter passed away in an accident) meeting the woman that received her daughter’s heart. I cry with movies, I cry because I miss my mom, I cry when I’m so pissed, yeah, I’m a bit emotional/hormonal, I guess. So if you watch the video linked down there, and don’t cry, you either can’t relate because you don’t have kids or have lost someone close to you, your having a really bad day and pissed at the world, or your tear ducts are clogged up.
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I still love you anyway.
I can’t remember the last time I cried but stupid shit like commercials or certain scenes in movies get me. what gets me EVERY TIME without fail is seeing a serviceman coming home from Afghanistan or wherever s/he’s stationed and surprising his/her family with a visit.
I remember the first time I thought it was ok to cry. my dad’s dad died about 7-8 years ago. we were the last to walk by his casket and view the body before they lowered it into the ground. I saw my dad blubber nearly uncontrollably. I had never ever seen him be anything other than a model for manhood before that. ever since then I feel tears welling up when I see/hear something touching.