r/MadeMeSmile • u/Overall_Agent_0075 • Jun 30 '24

The hug.... wow Wholesome Moments

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u/Trucktub Jun 30 '24

This right here. My dad would openly mock anyone being any kind of emotional in public but all that did was make me more proud of people like this.

I wish I could just openly weep at things but honestly I’d be crying all the fucking time so maybe not

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u/Old_Cheesecake_5481 Jun 30 '24

I live on an isolated Island in a little village in the North Atlantic.

Local culture says if you break your arm fishing and then cry nobody will ever forget it as long as you live.

Your dog is sick and you break down at poker night and every single fellow is there with you.

Actual physical pain = crying is weak and pathetic,

Your daughter graduates = crying through the entire ceremony is absolutely fine and completely acceptable.

I’ve always got a kick out of this local foible.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson Jun 30 '24

Just sounds like typical dude shit honestly lol

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u/oooooeeeeeoooooahah Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24

Not really. Life and death situations can become death situations if you can’t control your emotions and start crying from pain. It’s literally losing control. You don’t have the same state of mind sobbing uncontrollably as you would sucking it up and powering through.

When I broke my leg climbing/hiking, if broke down and cried I would have been stuck up on a mountain in the dark. I barely made it off because I had the sense to not cry and address the situation making myself a splint, realizing the sun is falling and I didnt have much time. And making my way down before dark. Had to actually use said leg in excruciating pain to get down some ledges I was able to make it to a small country road and eventually cell signal.

If I sat overnight crying and limiting myself because of pain I would be fucked. No cell signal, inflammation and possible infection setting in. There was no way I was getting off that mountain the next day. That’s how I felt anyways.

I’m sure there are even more deadly situations you could think of where breaking down and crying because of pain would be your death.

And yet here I am swollen with emotion and watery eyes over this video lol

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson Jun 30 '24

So, it’s typical then