Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Men's Group

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

34. I cry at movies all the time, and...

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 01:57 AM

Aug 2012

if you got a problem with it I'll kick your ass into next week.

But seriously, folks...

Many of the old distinctions between men and women are fast being overturned and while a lot of well-deserved attention is being paid to the girls as they're growing up into this new world, I'm not sure the boys are being taught how to deal with the changes.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

34 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

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