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Old 07-29-2011, 04:54 PM
 
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My friend tells me that she's never seen her husband (of six years) cry. I was shocked when she told me that! I'd say my DH cries about once a month, depending, of course, on what else is going on.

Also, does your SO like being left alone or comforted/hugged? My husband definitely wants me to hug him and ask him about what's wrong, etc., but he's a pretty emotional and open guy in general. My dad was the complete opposite; the couple of times I saw him cry, he tried way too hard to hide it.
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Old 07-29-2011, 04:58 PM
 
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I had seen my husband cry and I mean really cry with tears streaming down his face just a couple of times in over a decade. It was one of the most touching and endearing things I had seen from him. When he had his head on my lap and I was stroking his hair while he was crying, I felt the closest to him than I've ever been. However, he is not the type to show this type of raw emotion. He does like to be comforted and hugged though.
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Old 07-29-2011, 04:58 PM
 
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Oh, no, are they showing Little House on the prairie reruns again??

Turn that thing off!!
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Old 07-29-2011, 04:59 PM
 
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My friend tells me that she's never seen her husband (of six years) cry. I was shocked when she told me that! I'd say my DH cries about once a month, depending, of course, on what else is going on.

Also, does your SO like being left alone or comforted/hugged? My husband definitely wants me to hug him and ask him about what's wrong, etc., but he's a pretty emotional and open guy in general. My dad was the complete opposite; the couple of times I saw him cry, he tried way too hard to hide it.
I haven't cried since my mom past away, which was a little more than 7 years ago.

I'm an emotional guy, but I'm not much of a crier. My old man raised me to be "the rock" if you will.
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Old 07-29-2011, 05:12 PM
 
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As far as I can recall, once when his grandfather died, once when our first child was born.
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Old 07-29-2011, 05:13 PM
 
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I guess it is just one of those things where society expects men to NOT be sentimental which is comparable to how society expects women to NOT be honest and straight about their sexuality. Some women might consider a guy to be vulnerable, weak, a pansy, not manly, someone who won’t be able to protect her, etc. Some women might consider it acceptable. Others may be in the middle.
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Old 07-29-2011, 05:15 PM
 
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I guess it is just one of those things where society expects men to NOT be sentimental which is comparable to how society expects women to NOT be honest and straight about their sexuality. Some women might consider a guy to be vulnerable, weak, a pansy, not manly, someone who won’t be able to protect her, etc. Some women might consider it acceptable. Others may be in the middle.
So how often do you cry? Do you find it easy to cry, or do you feel that you should hide it or stop yourself?
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Old 07-29-2011, 05:20 PM
 
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I guess it is just one of those things where society expects men to NOT be sentimental which is comparable to how society expects women to NOT be honest and straight about their sexuality. Some women might consider a guy to be vulnerable, weak, a pansy, not manly, someone who won’t be able to protect her, etc. Some women might consider it acceptable. Others may be in the middle.
How the heck did you get this from this thread??? Never miss an opportunity to put women down, do you - even when it has nothing to do with the thread at al!!!

I've seen my husband cry maybe 10 times or so. How he wants to be treated has depended on the situation. When he proposed and we were both crying - of course we hugged and kissed and celebrated. When he found out a tragedy having to do with his friends - he wanted to be left alone. My first instinct is always to hug and comfort - but he doesn't always want that. In fact - sometimes that just makes him push me away. In my other relationships - the men were more emotional and cried more frequently. They wanted to be hugged. Just depends on the person.
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Old 07-29-2011, 05:24 PM
 
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Im a guy, and I have to say that I know my wife has never seen me do the whole really cry-cry thing. She's seen me a few time with the watery eyes at stuff like NFL Hall Of Fame ceremonies, at the Kick-A$$ movie with the little kung fu/hit girl taking revenge on the guys who killed her father, and maybe when Moofasa got killed in Lion King.

Oh, I remember, she saw actual tears rolling down my face after my dog died. This was in December. Still just so broken up about my dog. Good thing is, when you chicks see your men so upset that we cry, you tend to really go all out (if you know what I mean) in giving us sex right after.
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Old 07-29-2011, 06:21 PM
 
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Im a guy, and I have to say that I know my wife has never seen me do the whole really cry-cry thing. She's seen me a few time with the watery eyes at stuff like NFL Hall Of Fame ceremonies, at the Kick-A$$ movie with the little kung fu/hit girl taking revenge on the guys who killed her father, and maybe when Moofasa got killed in Lion King.

Oh, I remember, she saw actual tears rolling down my face after my dog died. This was in December. Still just so broken up about my dog. Good thing is, when you chicks see your men so upset that we cry, you tend to really go all out (if you know what I mean) in giving us sex right after.
The last LTR I was in I cried often but never got sex out of it. When we finally split up I stopped crying and also got sex more often but not from her!
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