Is is ok for a grown man to cry?

[Virgil]

First look at the video and then answer the poll question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0kN...eature=related

Now I have to say, the video had me doubled over laughing. I'm sure you're laughing too. I'm not sure who is more pathetic, the man, his wife, or Maury Povich for putting this on TV. But it is hilarious, and a lot of the humor deals with the man's reactions, especially his crying. Ok this is a simple question. Is is ok for a grown man to cry? Is a man balling like a baby, though somber if it were in person, but humorous on after thoought.

[kevinthediltz]

I think it is perfectly fine for a man to cry. I am a man, (and I work on a ranch which in this society mean I am supposed to be the model cowboy) and I have wept more tears than I care to think about. It helps. So dont be afraid to let it all out.

[Dori]

I'm a male and I enjoy weeping every once in a while.
(And I'm not afraid to admit it!)

[Zee.]

Real men cry.
If you don't cry, grow up and start doing it.

[subterranean]

This man is pathetic! The woman, I don't want to say she's stupid for taking him back over and over (once is understandable, but even a donkey doesn't fall in the same hole twice). She is just ________.

To answer the question: yes, it's OK for a grown man to cry.

TV and exaggerations!

[Lokasenna]

There is a time and a place.

I'll freely admit that a sad ending to a novel or film will have me weeping like a baby. In terms of real emotional hurt though, I'd rather go and cry somewhere private and lick my wounds in peace - certainly not on trash television!

[NikolaiI]

First, isn't this more appropriately a Ask Bakiryu question?

I will watch the video, though I haven't yet. Then I'll vote and join the discussion...

[SleepyWitch]

haven't watched the video yet.
I'm a bit torn between

Only on rare occaisions, and then only tears, no weeping sounds.
Of course, men should occaisionally weep in public; they're no different than women.

and

Of course, men should occaisionally weep in public; they're no different than women.

I'm a woman and I don't normally cry in public myself, so I can understand why some men don't like to cry. It depends on the occasion. I don't think anyone, male or female, should cry in public about silly things like Valentine's day or the death of some silly celebrity that they never met. But people should cry about war, mass murder, the death of a loved one etc. .. even when someone was really mean to them or broke their heart or something.
Anyways, in general I agree with lima

Real men cry.
If you don't cry, grow up and start doing it.

[Zee.]

When i see a man cry, i know for sure that something inside them is broken.
It's a lot different to when a woman cries..

[LostPrincess13]

I've just watched the video. Is this for real???

[mono]

The guy on the video seems a more pathetic over-actor than Vin Diesel; even if it were real, which I doubt, that guy has no real justification for his acts, let alone to mourn what his wife has returned to him what he has given multiple times - adultery.
As to grown men crying, this thread has offered me some relief. Of course, I do not overdo it like the arse on the video, but I will admit that I, at least, tear up fairly easily, and I do not mean only while chopping onions; to drive me to bawling takes a lot of devastation, however. I try to avoid crying in public, less out of embarrassment, more out of displaying such a deep emotion that the public has no need to witness, like any other intense emotion (happiness, anger). Men have as many tear ducts as women, and, though some suppose men as firm, expressionless beasts, even crocodiles have hearts.

[Madhuri]

That video seemd fake; maybe the channel wanted some TRP ratings. The emotions of that guy werent real. And that woman was a fool.

On topic, It is okay for men to cry...

[GX4146]

ok to cry but not in public.

i even remember crying at the end of rocky... hmmm...

[Taliesin]

Of course it is okay for grown men to cry- I do it too - for example, when I happen to cook and chop onions, tears just come, I can't help it.

[librarius_qui]

said.~