How often do you cry?

Never. Can't remember the last time I did. I do get choked up at things: when my daughter was born, the end of Its A Wonderful Life, etc but I stop myself actually crying.

We went to one of Andre Rieus' Maastricht concerts back in 2017. Again felt very overcome and emotional when they played Highland Cathedral but for whatever reason I'm just very uncomfortable with the idea of fully crying out in public like that.
 
I generally only cry at soppy movies, never at real life stuff. Which I think is odd, but I'm half German - so there's that ;)

I proper shed a tear (had wet eyes) when my daughter emigrated to Oz last week tbf
 
Never, I can't remember a time in my adult life anyway. I get emotional at certain things, but not enough to cry.
 
When I was younger not very often. Remembering my Dad who died when I was 20 used to cause me to cry, on occasions full on sobbing.
Now It's all the time. Anytime I see people under stress or struggling anywhere in the world. Even the Mr Bates v The Post Office had me going a few times.
Only ever cried twice at a footy match. 1974 when Brum knocked us out the cup I was convinced we were going to win it that year and I was inconsolable on the Beggs bus coming home.
2004 at the Carling Cup final. Had my family and a friend with me. Turned to my mate to say how daft I felt and he was blubbing his eyes out UTB.
 
sambasauce said:
I'd never cried until my kids were born. Now I'll bloody cry at anything.

Cried at the Caroline aherne documentary the other day. Also cried at the end of Paddington 2.

I can't turn the tap off!!
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Yeah very similar. Pretty sure I didn't cry once as an adult till I was about 30, now I have kids.....

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I had tears when England got knocked out in the WC semi's and when we lost to Italy in the final. I'm not a nationalist but I am an incredibly scathing yet no less passionate patriot.

I cry sometimes when I think about how far from home I am, often when I'm watching highlights of Boro's glory days and thinking of going to the game with my dad. How I just took my youthful excitement for it and his shared passion for granted when in reality they're some of both of our favourite memories.

Last time I was home I managed to drag him to Spurs in the cup and we were both a little emotional at full time.

An old colleague went missing and his body was found last week. That had me in tears which I didn't expect. I just always thought the bloke deserved a break and he clearly never got one.

I guess, more things than I think would. I spend a lot more time laughing though and I'm home soon for a couple of weeks. Going to Milan with my best mate who is one of the few people who often makes me laugh so hard I cry, I'm looking forward to that and it's getting me through a tough week at graft.
 
Very rare that I do actually cry. Probably once or twice a year.

My Dad died when I was a baby and by the time I was 20, my Mam was gone too.

I’ve always tried to look at the positive things in life and always believe there are people worse off than me in the world, so always tried to deal with it from that perspective. A lot of things I find sad but not enough to make me cry.

Every now and then I have a moment of reflection about my parents. Daft stuff like not knowing what my Dads voice sounded like or being able to have a beer with him etc. and my Daughter not being able to meet her Nana (and vice versa) that fills me with sadness, and occasionally the emotions become too much - particularly if I’ve had a drink. It’s not something I think about too often for those reasons. Christmas time is probably the worst.

A lot of it’s probably hardened me up emotionally which is why I don’t cry that often. Not sure if that’s a good thing to be honest but it is what it is, it may change as I get older.
 
When both kids were born
But as I age I seem to well up more and more but fight it coz it's sissy to cry and I'm a big hard man.
How ridiculous.
 
Sometimes we cry at seemingly strange times because of delayed response to previous trauma or grief. I remember crying reading about John Lennon's assassination and another time reading about the Hillsborough disaster. Though obviously those things themselves made feel sad, I think it was just something that brought my emotions about things in my own life to the surface.
 
I get moist eyed at films etc but not full on sobs. Mr Bates had me near last week, but that was mostly fury at the injustice of ordinary people's lives being so palpably and ruthlessly screwed over.

Last proper cry was about 10 years ago when my mam died. My dad had already passed about 5 years before and though I had been closer to him, and my mam could frankly be a right pain, it felt somehow worse when she went. I felt like I'd had a piece of my insides torn out. I remember thinking to myself, "You're a 50 year old man, for God's sake, deal with it!" but I felt like I'd been orphaned. Funny ol' world.
 
Last Friday binge watching the mr bates vs post office drama.

Yesterday watching some online clips from the Chelsea match

This morning I’ve woke up early and I’ve cried at the thought of going back to work after taking time off to go to the match.

If things in your life are unhappy then anything can trigger it
 
Depends how emotional I am at any given point, I can sometimes barely cry even when I probably should. Other times I can cry at almost anything.
 
Never, even when I sometime feel that i should like at a funeral of an immediate relative.

I can see people looking at me like I'm a sociopath or something which is a bit awkward but I'm not going to pretend to cry to make them feel more comfortable.
 
Colgates_shaving_foam said:
Never, even when I sometime feel that i should like at a funeral of an immediate relative.

I can see people looking at me like I'm a sociopath or something which is a bit awkward but I'm not going to pretend to cry to make them feel more comfortable.
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I used to feel the same way, I worried that I lacked emotion and couldn’t cry at all.

Then my wife became ill and died 3 years ago.

Since then I find that I’ll cry at all sorts of things. I don’t think it means that I’m not coping ok, it has just made me a more sensitive soul. I’m probably a healthier person for it.
 
All the time, whenever i watch anything remotely emotional i'll tear up not proper sobbing but definitely optical moisture. Most recently I had a tear at full time on Tuesday and at the end of the Mr Bates post office show.
 
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