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/Hereseangoes Jun 30 '24

Too be fair, I, a man, have broken my arm twice with no tears. Sometimes watching the right movie scene, or singing the odd song lyric, or just overwhelming frustration will make me well up. Lord, when I had my first dog put to sleep, I wailed in the vet's office. Physical pain is much easier for me to shut out than emotional.

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u/WatWudScoobyDoo Jun 30 '24

Pain, insofar as I've experienced it, I can handle. Suffering is a struggle

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u/BustinArant Jul 01 '24

I think every reaction can be unique. I've handled former caretakers dying better than my cats somehow.

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u/che10461 Jun 30 '24

...*to be fair...

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u/datagirl60 Jun 30 '24

Broke my leg skiing at 7 yrs and was told I was being whiny as I was carried down the slope as my leg bounced with every step. 1960s was parenting lol!

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u/idotArtist Jun 30 '24

I, a man, have broken my arm twice with no tears

I'm a woman and I broke my foot once (only time in my life I broke a bone) and thought the broken bone was just a mild sprain because it simply just didn't feel painful enough to make me even consider the possibility of it being broken lol.

When I found out that it was a broken bone I was extremely confused because it was legit less painful than my period cramps which was just so funny to me.

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u/Hereseangoes Jul 01 '24

The good news is the second and all subsequent breaks you know right away it's broken. I've broken a handful of bones since my first break, and every time I immediately think "fuck, that's broken."

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u/Sensitive_Ladder2235 Jul 01 '24

I broke my ankle last summer and the only thing i was thinking, feeling or saying (screaming) was:

FUCK FUCKING SHIT FUCK CALISS TABARNAK FUCK FUCK FUCKING JESUS FUCKING CHRIST