Sorry, I'm just never going to agree. I don't see crying as weakness, and I don't see not crying as strength. In fact, people who are willing to cry seem emotionally stronger to me, because they don't care who puts them down for it. "I'd better not cry, because if I do they'll think I'm weak and call me names," is itself a sign of weakness, because that showing that you are afraid of disapproval. "To heck with what others think of me, I feel the need to cry and I'm going to," is much braver, as I see it. They don't fear disapproval, and that is strength in my opinion.

And I know from personal experience that there is plenty wrong with having some devastating tragedy happen, and not being *able* to cry. Let's remember, although I am a woman, I went through many years of my adolescent and adult life where I was unable to cry, no matter who died. It didn't do my head any good not to be able to release those feelings. So I'm not saying this just because I'm too weak to hold it back myself, and I'm justifying my weakness. I know what I'm talking about.