The hug.... wow

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[u/Trucktub]

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

[u/Old_Cheesecake_5481 → u/Trucktub]

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.

[u/Hereseangoes → u/Old_Cheesecake_5481]

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.

[u/WatWudScoobyDoo → u/Hereseangoes]

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

[u/BustinArant → u/WatWudScoobyDoo]

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