I can imagine how someone can sit there while someone cries without being uncomfortable, because I'm able to do that. I wasn't able to once, it made me really uncomfortable and I didn't know how to respond, but then I worked in a job where people I'd only just met would cry sometimes, and it was really easy to listen to them and really hear them. The tears were just an extra expression, when they were experiencing a really strong emotion, just like laughing can be. So, nothing to be uncomfortable about, however I did empathise. I don't think I ever tried to fix things, because I couldn't do much more than empathise. I remember telling someone once that it was okay to be as sad as she needed to be.

I can't take my own medicine though. At least, my version of crying in T is: if the tears are still in my eyes, and I don't wipe my eyes, then it's not crying. To the point of not being able to see very well and really struggling to blink the tears away. Yep, still not crying.