Is it alright for a man to cry???

there is a saying: "boys dont cry but men do".. i mean why not? crying is not a minus point of being a man, a tough one. and we have to admit that men are so high pride, they all want to be the best, the strong.. if a person dont want to cry, they will become mean person.. why? because all the burdens, failures, disappointments in life, frustrations, all of those are inside his heart and mind, once its there, it will keep on reminding him the things that had happens to him. so they're having a hard time to moved on, they kept on blaming other people who made them frustrate and so on.. i have a cousin who is like that, he has this kind of attitude,, look at him now? he has no job, i mean the wife is the bread winner of the family, and hes the yaya of their kids.. LOL knowing that hes very intelligent man. well life is a matter of choice. maybe he chooses that kind of life he has right now.. good luck to them :)

of course it is. it's acceptable for men to cry at anything a woman can cry over. it's actually an attractive trait, to see someone that hasn't been so damaged and supressed by society that they try and bury their feelings.

I've never told my boys not to cry, not in that sense anyways. I do say the usual "Stop that crying or I'll give you something to cry about" sort of thing, and I'm also very stern on telling them not to cry over a punishment, they did the crime, so they have to accept the punishment without crying or whining. But I've never told them they're sissy's for crying, or that boys can't cry. My husband doesn't cry often, but he has been known to cry. I think he's only cried a few times since I've known him, and it was awkward to see him cry, I wasn't sure what I thought about it. I think it's okay for men to cry, just not very often.

Yes it's alright for men to cry. To cry is human. Like you i also think that it's weird if a man cries more than i do. My ex b.f. was like that and he was 3 yrs my junior. It was a turn off. I wanted a man not a baby. But occasionally when my husband cries over a real emotional situation it actually turns me on. LOL I mean I kind of like it when my husband shows emotion. Men are thought of to be stronger than women but when a man cries it only shows that there is a serious emotion there that I very much would like to take care of by making him feel better.

Men are said to be made of steel, not easily cry. But for me, it is okey for them to cry as long as they don't sob and been crying for 15 minutes or so because i will definitely mind now. I don't like to see men starting from teen to yuppies to be crying like a baby. I mean it's ok to see a tear rolling down their eyes. All they need is a pat in the shoulder and a good advice and then stop crying. But to cry for more than 15 minutes like crazy or like a kid, oh boy, i don't think so, it's a turn off for me.

sure it is there human also are they not. i never think it wrong for a man to cry and why would anyone. they have feeling, they get hurt, they feel the lost of someone close to them and they get there hearts broken. it shows that they have feelings, it just that they dont show it in the form of crying as must as us girls do.

Well, men were given tear ducts weren't they? Now why do you suppose they were? Not for milk squirting! Men who don't cry I would seriously wonder about. They have emotions they care. And who wants a man who doesn't care?

I think it's fine. In fact, I think there's something wrong with someone who doesn't cry at least once in a while.

I think it's ok for men to cry. Maybe much of the rage in this world would be gone if men did cry a bit more often. Maybe the rage is pent up emotion which needs an outlet. I have only seen my husband cry once, and seen my father cry once. Because men have this image that they don't cry it's absolutely heartbreaking when they do.

Yes it is part of a person's make up to cry when they are sad or even happy. It releases chemicals which would otherwise build up in the body and cause problems. It is a tremendous relief after you have had a good cry, you feel so much better. It causes health problems if you hold your tears back - tears were put there to act as a release mechanism to our bodies to control stress levels.

Every man has some amount of femininity in him. Every woman has some amount of masculinity in her. The proportion varies from person to person. Where a man is more manly with very limited femininity element in him will not cry. On the other hand, a man with more femininity in him is likely to cry. Personally, I don't like men crying. Great religious masters, who overflow with love for God are seen crying frequently. Chaitanya Deva, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, his very manly and proud disciple Vivekananda and numerous male Hindu Saints used to cry when they get overwhelmed with Bhakti -- love of God. I think Jesus Christ too cried. They are at a higher spiritual level; their cry is not connected with mundane attachment with the worldly affairs and hence are adorable.

I think men have the same emotions as women, but have been led to believe that they are weak for crying. For ages, men have been taught to be the strong one, the fixer, the glue that holds things together when the going gets rough. Men, women, children, everyone, should cry. It releases anger,and sadness, as well as happiness. It better to cry a puddle then to release these emotions in an agressive way. When my only daughter got married, my husband cried like a baby when he had to let her go. How could I feel awkward when I felt the same way. Smiling... G

I think it's perfectly okay for men to cry. I think that there is a huge stigma about it, and I don't believe it's right for our society to tell them they can't. My brother cried up until he was around 13-14 years old. But he has very sensitive feelings, and I could just tell when it was going to start happening, and try to get him out of the room. I didn't like to watch him be made fun of, just because he got his feelings hurt. But he did grow out of it, and now he is a daddy-to-be, and extremely faithful to the woman he is with. He became my best friend, and is an incredible man to have around. He seems to understand where women come from in their emotions, and has a wonderful shoulder to cry on.

yes, its alright for a man to cry. everyone of us have emotions/feelings, when we are sad or deepress, we usually cry. i dont believe that "men aren't supposed to cry". i for my self, i do cry especially when im lost someone that loved

Though men are not supposed to cry but with the change in times men can cry. I think even they have the right to carry out their emotional outburst. I am totally against the saying that men can't cry.

I see nothing wrong with men crying.. in fact, it's a lovable trait.. because there are only few men admit that they are deeply hurt..and yes, they are human being too.. they have the right to cry whenever they feel like letting out their emotions.. i've seen my brother cried and it happened when he got married two years ago..

I think man don't cry for nothing like they won't cry when he is mad with women but women cry when they get emotional. I think men will cry for some certain things like if they lost somebody really close like parents or wives etc. I won't say they "cannot" cry and I won't say they are weak if they cry for those certain things.

I asked this question several months ago to a man I was getting to know better. The answer he gave me was one that I would have expected from a man like him, "It's not very soldierly to cry...not in public". Sure, he's in that macho world where emotions are carefully gaurded. But, I think if he was in another team, such as one that sees heavy combat he'd feel differently. Tears are an outwardly expression of our inner feelings. Actually, I feel stupid that crying can come so much easier to females. The night before he returned from his leave, I was in his arms, crying. He didn't shed a single tear or get choked up with regret or emotions. That doesn't mean he didn't feel it inside. Now, my exhusband wasn't afraid to let the tears flow from his eyes. It was fine, but once he day he was mocking my oldest son and so when it was the ex's turn to cry, we (as the rest of the family) had no compassion for him. It's natural for a person to cry, after all animals do it. *Pleiades

Crying is something tat makes u come out of bad feelings.It is bad saying tat a man should not cry.The who never cry is nopt a complete human.Girls r equal to boys by all means.Crying is common to all.its very good to health sometimes.

A man who is a famous singing star in Hongkong has sung a song named "man to cry is not fault".And so many men in KTV like to choose this song. Maybe this song has express their thinking. In today society, men have to endure many kinds of stresses,such as living stress,working stress and so on. They need method to relax themselves. Someone choose to cry. We should understand them, I think.