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Men don't cry But we would know that! Small disclaimer: If you don't have any handkerchiefs at hand, you'd better not read on …

Even if some people say the opposite: men are as human, emotional beings as women. This is proven, for example, by numerous male users at "Reddit" who shared events in a thread for which they had to cry recently. Honestly: If you can read the following articles without tears in your eyes, you are a damn hard sock …

Men tell why they cried last

1. Dad's heart broken

"My marriage was about to end when my ex-wife got a job offer in another state. She had been unemployed for a while, so she had to accept it. We decided I wouldn't go, after all, I had a safe job and the divorce was inevitable anyway. So she moved out and our kids stayed with me until they found an apartment in their new city and settled in. When it was time to take my kids to the airport and get them on a plane I broke my heart to bet that it would fly away from me. I pulled myself together until they boarded. But when they were out of sight on the plane, it was completely over with me. "

2. Dad's heart cracked

"A few months ago, I had a conversation with my seven-year-old daughter when she told me that she was afraid that I would die from her (I'm just 42 and completely healthy). I then explained to her how long I would probably be and that she’s already grown up when I die, and she said, "But if you die, can you please help me? I need you so much!" And that's it for me. I couldn't hold on to myself anymore. "

3. Encounter with death

"I recently woke up at four in the morning after dreaming about how my father told me that he only had a few days to live. Then I realized that he was actually already dead."

4. Real friends

"A few weeks ago, one of my best friends told me that he would soon be a father. I usually cry very rarely, but this news hit my nerves, in the best sense … For me, this experience was a little revelation to me until then it was not clear that I could feel such deep feelings. "

5. Tragic end

"A few months ago my best friend was found dead in his car after days of searching. He had committed suicide."

6. Lonely and abandoned

"My ex-girlfriend broke up after battling pneumonia in the hospital for nine days and almost dying."

7. Proud dad

"My wife has been suffering from sleep disorders and anxiety since Christmas, which sometimes causes panic attacks. She had one when I was at work and called me. When I saw and called back, my son answered the phone I, like my six-year-old instructed her to do the breathing exercises as we had trained it. The boy gets as much ice as he wants throughout his life, no question about it, and I may cry again. "

8. Farewell to a friend

"I cried a few times, but the last time I really started to cry was in 2010 when we had to put our dog to sleep. I was in high school, we had it since 1998. It was my first and the only dog ​​in my childhood, a husky, and for me it was like we grew up together, he had some cancerous sores in his stomach that spread quickly and an attempt to remove them failed because not everything could be removed .

We decided as a family to let him go in peace and not let him suffer too much because we were told the ulcers would continue to grow and very soon cause him terrible pain. I will never forget how I held him in my arms in this room and how the vet asked me if I was ready. When she gave him the injection, I felt his whole body sink into my arms, he was lifeless on the spot. I was glad that he was in no pain, my best friend. I have never talked to anyone about my feelings about the situation except with my parents and girlfriend, but tears come to my eyes every time I think about it. Fortunately in his last hour he was with me, I wouldn't do anything else, even if I could. "

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