about weep or cry

[vango]

i don't know other countries, but in china, as a man, you can't cry or creep. you have to bear all sufferings in your heart. (although sometimes things are different)
so when was you last cry or weep? i cried last time when i was about 13 year old. the girl i loved said i loved someone else. so childish :blush:

[mono]

Here, in the United States, I think the subject of crying, especially with males, depends on the generation one asks. Nowadays, I feel emotion progresses as slightly more acceptable than formerly.
I, myself, admit to seem increasingly more emotional than the average male, but feel no shame, nor should anyone, in my opinion, regardless of pressure from culture. Take care.

[Stanislaw]

I come from a slavik heritage, and it is not considered proper for a man to cry, just grin and bear it is the motto, no matter how much it tears you upinside. My grandfather once told me, when I was crying when I was about a skinned knee (ninish years old), that men don't cry you just take your nerves put them on a string and put them in your pocket.

[ajoe]

Huh. I thought it was more common for men to cry in China than it is in the U.S. But perhaps I've been watching too much BS Chinese dramas. :p Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought American men cry only when something really, really dramatic happens. And not crying like wailing and stuff like they do in those Chinese dramas.

Call me old-fashioned, but I personally think men shouldn't cry in public. :p Later on when they're alone, maybe, but definitely not in public.

[vango]

surely when we are alone, we may cry (but mostly without making any sound?)
dramas always exaggerate people's behave, emotion, and anything.
"stuff like they do in those Chinese dramas"
do you mean cry aloud or publicly or a lot? but chinese men often do not do that (things always have exceptions)

a chinese singer called Andy Lau once sing a song: Men, cry, it's not a guilt.
i translate some lines of it

when i was little, people told me not to cry
when i grew up, i told myself not to regret.
...
i am so tired under the invisible pressure
...
anyone has the right of being weary wheather you are strong or not
...
it is raining. let me grasp this oppotunity. cry. no guilty.

[amuse]

i've heard my dad cry once, when my nana died. terrible sound. i know of two times that my bf has cried;the first time was silent.

life has sorrows. if you need to cry, i hope that you can.

[vango]

i hope that the society will allow us to choose by ourselves the way we express our emotions, and then we must be much happier.tears do not indicate we are coward. sometimes it means that we begin to fight

wish everyone a happy life

[Stanislaw]

Tears are not always sorrow, sometimes they are tears of anger, layden with vengence rather than salt.

[simon]

But on the other end of the fluid leakage spectrum, there is always the hysterical laugh till you cry senario, where you loose control of happiness and cannot differentiat any emotions logically.

[Green Utopia]

I cry always when someone can't understand me
I cry usually when I was at college and the drama questions were to be guessed.
I weap when I expect the best and the worse happend
I weap at the time I feel too weak
I cry to Allah often when I am alone.

[Stanislaw]

Sometimes when you are sad, no one sees your tears,
sometimes when you are hurt, no one sees your pain,
sometimes when you are angry, no sees your suffering,
But fart just once...

Tis a poem off a e-greeting card, nice Eh? :lol:

[rocksea]

My dog mickey died when I was here, 2 months before.
It was sad that I couldn’t be with him during his last days
I could only face the window wall in my lab and cry.
That was the last time i cried well.
I don't care that am a guy, and I don't like to pack up
all emotions inside my heart,,
vango, you said u cried at 13, i see 7 years back!! :O

[fayefaye]

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[Riddick]

I think you have some issues you need to work out with your family, fayefaye, I hope you and your family still talk, a good family life is important. I am sorry for you though. :(

[ajoe]

Huh, you're Chinese, fayefaye? I bet I know what you're talking about when your family crushed your dreams.

[Jester]

I view tears as a sign of strength meaning your not afraid of the truth of how you feel

[Stanislaw]

Tears are okay in private, only in time of great sorrow, but not in public...
I don't even cry at funerals.