What do you think of men who cry?

My father was straight off the boat from Italy & he believed that to show any emotion was considered a weakness. If we dared to cry in front of him it just made him more angrier & we were girls. So growing up I tried my best not to cry because I figured it was a weakness that I had to overcome. It wasn't until I met & married my husband that I learned it was okay to cry every once in a while. We both cried at our wedding & when my Mom passed away we both cried once again. I never once thought him weak for showing his emotions. It just made me love him even more.

hi writermom.. it is true that we don't like to cry around others but that doesn't mean we are strong, that isn't it.. we do suffer but just are more shy sharing those things with others coz we become a little conscious about it, we do cry but not let others know... well i guess i am sort of an emotional person so when ever something wrong happens my friends seem to know something is not alright but i share only if i feel it is appropriate to..

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I don't cry very often, but I'm not ashamed of it when I do (admittedly I'm usually alone when I cry). For me, death has always been hard to deal with...so when I cry I'm usually thinking of someone deceased or because someone is ill. I've never cried over say a relationship or because I was insulted or slighted in some way. Every now and then, though, a movie does make me cry...not always a sad one, either.

theres nothing wrong with men crying they have feelings to

...Hi writermom8, I believe that men who cry are strong enough within themselves, not to worry about what people think of them when they cry. Also that they are so complete in their manhood, that the tears only tend to make them look stronger not weaker. If a man can show that emotional side of him, then to me he is the better man for doing so, and he has my greatest respect. It's also healthier to cry, man or woman, instead of holding it all inside and being stressed out. Tears are cleansing. Just my perspective. Take it easy.

If Im sad I cry. there is not a dang thing wrong with that. People who say real men don't cry don't know any real men then. Real men don't care what other people think and aren't afraid to show their emotions.

Hello writermom.....

....men cry...really...

What will you say to your husband when he started crying in the public...

And what will the public say to a crying man...

Hello writermom8, i recently read an intriguing poem about a man crying. I did not understand it at first, but i got to understand it. There are men who cry like children and then there are men who cry with pride. Those men who cry like a child, weep aloud and those who cry with pride, weep without sound.

I find that a man can cry when ever they feel the need to. I find it brave for a man to cry soundly. I do not think a man should cry aloud for that defeats the purpose of being a man.

Well my family is very old school European so for them so see a man cry, well it would be like the end of the world for him!! Seriously, my father thinks that men should hold everything inside and "be a man" as he says. That's just utter nonsense as far as I'm concerned because why shouldn't men show their feelings? They're human too and should feel free to cry when the need arises. It doesn't make a man any less of man just because he chooses to cry. My husband doesn't cry that often though he has before as he's quite sensitive and I actually appreciate the fact that he's comfortable and feels secure with himself to cry around me. I don't see it as a sign of weakness at all because it isn't. I quite frankly wouldn't want to be with some ultra macho male that looks down on men crying, because this type tends to be really stereotypically chauvanistic.