does anyone NOT cry

hooslisa

subject: does anyone NOT cry

 i don't.  like, ever.  i mean, something really sad needs to happen.  i think the last time i cried was when DD was taken to the nicu. 

i might be good for MAYBE three times a year.  maybe.  again, that's if something really sad occurs.  i think i cried twice while pregnant.  total.  one was when we found something troubling in an ultrasound and one after the HUGE MIL fight.

so, am i a freak? 

that's not to say i don't get sad.  i've actually been sad today.  today has sucked for a variety of reasons, but i couldn't cry about it if i tried. 

acire86

i used to not cry over anything but now i am a baby. i cry at sad commercials:(

WhimsyGirl14

I don't really cry either. Sometimes you really need to though, and I have to find a way for that outlet sometimes. It hasn't increased any since having DD either.

AggieDaner

I'm envious. I HATE being a crier, it's so embarrassing. I can't control it when it happens, but I always feel like people must think I'm doing it on purpose to be manipulative. Plus my face blotches up and takes an hour to go back to normal, so I can't just get it out of the way discreetly. Blerg.

CLeigh03

Being a mom had made me much more prone to cry....although with my pregnancies I rarely cried! Apparently i go crazy after...

I'm really sorry today was rough for you and I hope tomorrow is much better!!

rp-chicago-mom

AggieDaner:

I'm envious. I HATE being a crier, it's so embarrassing. I can't control it when it happens, but I always feel like people must think I'm doing it on purpose to be manipulative. Plus my face blotches up and takes an hour to go back to normal, so I can't just get it out of the way discreetly. Blerg.

All of this. I am good at holding it in when something bad happens until
Someone is nice to me about it. I also all kinds of cried over bfing at the beginning. I had no idea how much it would consume me. Sorry you had a rough day! Have a glass of wine or six.

Mzbr

I am a cry baby! Very embarrassing at times!

LoveOfMikesLife

I cry when I think about my daughter, or if/when someone "randomly" talks about her, in a good way. (That's usually DS's god momma). Other than that, I've learned to have a pretty tough skin. I've lost 2 uncles, a cousin, my grandma, grandpa and daughter all in 3 years! 

hooslisa

BayleighPaws:

I'm not really a crier... I cry sometimes... But I'd say maybe two or three times a year... Less than six for sure. I always cry at STUPID things. That fat little kid in Bad Santa? He makes me bawl like a baby... That movie always leaves me in tears. Same with Eight Crazy Nights. I get sad... But I deal better physically with emotion, doing exercise, working out, going for a walk... That's my way of releasing tears. I find it difficult to actually cry unless its something awful... I also deal with sadness with humour. The better my jokes, the sadder I am. You should see when I'm fully depressed, I'm hilarious!

holy cow, bpaws.  all of this is me.

i will get a little misty, maybe over a sappy commerical, but life?  nope. 

i'm the same way, i use physical means and definitely jokes.

also food.  oh lord do i use food.

there's mac n cheese in the oven right now for this day

Msbean22

I wish I could help you, I cry all the time, and it sure isn't pretty.

KAB414

AggieDaner:

I'm envious. I HATE being a crier, it's so embarrassing. I can't control it when it happens, but I always feel like people must think I'm doing it on purpose to be manipulative. Plus my face blotches up and takes an hour to go back to normal, so I can't just get it out of the way discreetly. Blerg.

This is me. Every word. I hate that I cry so easily

JayandEmm

I used to rarely cry. I didn't cry during my whole pregnancy, and I only misted when ds was born. Now I'm a freaking cry baby. I cry when I think about ds getting older, I cry when sad commercials come on, hell, I even cried when a friend had her baby last month! I didn't cry for my own birth, but I cried for her's? Wth?

LoveOfMikesLife

BayleighPaws:

LoveOfMikesLife:

I cry when I think about my daughter, or if/when someone "randomly" talks about her, in a good way. That's usually DS's god momma. Other than that, I've learned to have a pretty tough skin. I've lost 2 uncles, a cousin, my grandma, grandpa and daughter all in 3 years!nbsp;

Wow... That is an incredible amount of loss for anyone, let alone someone as young as you. I'm sorry for your losses, nobody should have to face that. I always notice, anything you post gives off an air of strength. Everything, even questions or simple answers. I can't explain how or why it comes across on an Internet forum, but it definitely does, it comes across strong.

You're so sweet! Thank you  

xxbabycakesxx

I cry a lot. I'm a very emotional person. If I feel an extreme emotion, I cry. Like if I'm super pissed, I'll cry. If I'm super frustrated, I'll cry. I'm a big ol cry baby.

lady_tytah

I'm not. The last time I cried was the gestational diabetes diagnosis. I felt like a failure. Time before that was the healing process with my mom....a few yes ago. I might have had some other really sad moments but those are the only ones to stick out.
My mom used to call me cold because I'm not emotional like that. Mybff us the same way so I found it odd she would call me cold.

CRey13

My DH.  In seven years I have never seen him cry. According to him, he has cried once in the time we have been together and that was when they took me in for the emergency c-section and he had to wait outside. 

latnprincess

I'm a total crier. I cry when happy, sad, mad. I cried when both sons were born. I cry when giving Speeches. It's annoying.

skooz

Another non-crier here. I cry maybe a few times a year. I expected to cry when LO was born, but didn't. I think I was too tired. Pregnancy didn't seem to affect my not crying much, although I do remember crying over not being able to get pancakes from my favorite restaurant once.

 There is one exception for me though. I'm much more of a crier when DH has to be gone for extended periods of time and we don't get to talk. The first time that ever happened I bawled in my car at work for hours. Hopefully it won't be quite that bad this time around! 

AprilAngie

I am a non crier too!!!!! I maybe cry two to three times a year! I just find bein proud of something my kids do like when my son graduated preschool or my oldest broke his board in Taekwondo, ok I'll cry! But not about things that make me sad! However, when I see my dh cry I cry. He is more emotional than me. I think it comes from being a single mom all those years, when you have a child depending on you, you can't fall apart. With that said, I don't think crying is a sign of weakness at all either.

merricksmom

I have the stupid angry/cry reflex.  Meaning I am ready to rip someone's head off but I look like someone robbed my granny at knifepoint, ran over my puppy and assassinated Phil Collins.  It is an inconvenient trait to have when your emotions pour out of your head in liquid form.  I have tried to control it for as long as I can remember.  I wish I had the super powers to not cry. 

SpruceGrouse

Before my stroke I never cried, never. When I was 12 my best friend died of cancer and I still didn't cry, just went into silent staring.

After stroke, I cry all the time, I think something happened in my brain, it is interesting actually.