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opiate69

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12. He truly is a Prince of Projection....

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Reply #10)

Wed Aug 8, 2012, 12:21 PM

Aug 2012

and as for the crying issue, I find myself tearing up during all the tear-jerker moments on shows like Hells Kitchen (when they bring in the contestants families for example) and a shit ton of other times... moreso since my singer/best friend died 3 years ago (the last time I completely fell apart with sadness and openly bawled like the proverbial baby)

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People who cry at movies are not "real men"? [View all] Bonobo Aug 2012 OP

I first saw The Diary of Anne Frank on TV during the spring of my sophomore year ... radicalliberal Aug 2012 #1

I'll tell you, if you go through Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum, in Jerusalem and you DON'T cry Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #3

Ah, the dude spelled "bawls", "balls". Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #2

i only cry during bad movies as i think of the time i lost ie titanic loli phabay Aug 2012 #4

I'm not much for emotions. Upton Aug 2012 #5

Tears contain stress hormones. redqueen Aug 2012 #6

I could never be accused of not being a man, and I can not be accused of not being manly Broderick Aug 2012 #7

I've cried during several films ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #8

Hell, I cry at movies all the time... MicaelS Aug 2012 #9

Wait, did I miss something? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #10

Yup.... MicaelS Aug 2012 #11

How odd. Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #14

i wouldnt say that, just some people deal with stuff differently, for some it may be a past trauma loli phabay Aug 2012 #24

Oh, I saw that ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #15

He truly is a Prince of Projection.... opiate69 Aug 2012 #12

Maybe he just hates dic....tionaries. Nt Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #17

I never cry at movies DavidDvorkin Aug 2012 #13

Dude, I would blubber like a baby at the right scene. Denninmi Aug 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author eek MD Aug 2012 #18

Not really my thing 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #19

For years, I thought Bambi was a girl teenagebambam Aug 2012 #20

I have cried at movies, Broken_Hero Aug 2012 #21

Yes. For me, it's the Nicholas Cage movie "Family man". lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #22

Okay, Jeff, I think I watched that movie on an airplane many years ago, so I may not be remembering Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #28

Yup. That's the one. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #29

You can't say Nick Cage is a bad actor. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #30

Gone. Poof. Never existed. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #31

seriously though im not a crier, i dont think ive ever cried at a movie loli phabay Aug 2012 #23

For the life of me, I can't stop thinking of how to make a Fred Willard joke. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #25

lol isnt that the guy caught pulling the pudding in the theatre. loli phabay Aug 2012 #26

To be fair to Fred Willard, he handled it with his usual aplomb. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #27

I cried at the end of Toy Story 3... Sick of the GOP Aug 2012 #32

I generally only cry during baseball movies... jorno67 Aug 2012 #33

I cry at movies all the time, and... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #34