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Jun 19, 2013, 02:04 PM
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Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
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I have no problem with men crying. I remember seeing my father cry for the first time when I was a little girl. He was sitting in his chair, listening to the song Patches by Clarence Carter, and thinking about his father - who died when my dad was a little boy. It didn't look weak, it looked appropriate. 
I remember seeing my husband cry for the first time, and it made me love him even more. He was mourning the loss of my father, who cared for him very much. 
I'm all for showing emotion and crying when necessary, but crying in public can make a person look vulnerable - male or female.
It can also look incredibly silly when it's not appropriate, or becomes a habit. Through a gush of tears, John Boehner once said he can no longer walk into a child's classroom - because it makes him cry.  Really? I'm STILL trying to figure that one out, and it's hard to resist the urge to laugh at him for crying.  Why do children's classrooms make him cry - maybe he needs to see a therapist....but Lord help him if treatment requires him to attend a class.  
Just think - he could become a legend. People will gather from all around....to hear the legend of Boehner Lake! Okay....I'll stop now. 
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